On 5/19/05, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was very interested in the discussion concerning Apache vs Tomcat > WRT Performance. While I cannot argue with the performance numbers, I > do like putting Apache in front of Tomcat for 2 reasons that I have > found so far. > > 1. SSL. If I am going to be serving pages whether they be dynamic or > static, I think Apache handles the SSL communications and key storage > better. In tests that I have run, the crypto that needs to be done to > support SSL is faster in C than Java. Also, Tomcat stores any key > information in a flat file, where Apache will prompt for a password on > startup. Now some administrators might like this better, because > Tomcat will then start automatically at boot time, I would not want > any password of mine sitting in the clear in a test file.
The next Tomcat 5.5 release will include APR based connectors, where SSL will (predictably) use OpenSSL. > 2. If you are hosting your site using port 80 on Unix boxes this means > running Tomcat as root. I can think of very few reasons why Tomcat > needs to be run as root. Apache has the ability to 'downgrade' user > privileges once Apache is started. I think you should have googled for that. You can use either kernel level redirection (iptables, for example), or use jsvc. -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rémy Maucherat Developer & Consultant JBoss Group (Europe) SàRL xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
