> Am 20.04.2021 um 11:57 schrieb Ruediger Pluem <rpl...@apache.org>:
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> On 4/13/21 3:00 PM, Stefan Eissing wrote:
>> The PR 179 <https://github.com/apache/httpd/pull/179> has been updated with
>> the additions of our OCSP hook support in the core server. In case you did
>> not follow it, a short summary of the changes:
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>> 1. httpd core offers functions/hooks so that SSL related things
>> can be queried without optional functions. That means all the
>> lookups in modules of the "ssl_is_https(conn_rec *c)" have
>> been converted to direct invocations of "ap_ssl_conn_is_ssl(c)".
>> 2. The provisioning of SSL certificates for servers, as done by mod_md,
>> has also now a central hub in the server. This means other modules
>> besides mod_ssl/mod_md can use/offer certificate services.
>> 3. The OCSP response data that is used in "SSL Stapling" has also now
>> a central hub with functions/hooks. That means other SSL modules can
>> use mod_md services and another OCSP stapling module may be written
>> and installed without changes to SSL modules.
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>> All these new server functions/hooks are agnostic of the actual *SSL
>> implementation. One might mix modules using OpenSSL with ones using libressl
>> or exotics like rustls.
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>> 4. mod_ssl has been extended to use these new functions/hooks while
>> maintaining its own OPTIONAL functions and support. This should give full
>> backward compatibility for 3rd party modules for interop with mod_ssl.
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>> 5. mod_md has been extended to use/register at the new core hooks. The PR
>> also includes a range of other, unrelated enhancements to mod_md, like
>> multiple certificates and EC keys. It would have been possible to separate
>> this out, but it would have required more testing combinations and the
>> number of branches/repros to juggle are already high enough.
>>
>> As will all github PRs, you can get the diff simply by appending ".diff", so
>> <https://github.com/apache/httpd/pull/179.diff> is the whole thing. For
>> easier review, I extract the parts related only to the core server and the
>> ones only related to mod_ssl and attach them here.
>>
>> I would very much appreciate if some of you find the time to point to my
>> mistakes.
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> As it was easier for me I directly commented on the PR.
Excellent! Will make an update, probably today.
/Stefan
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> Regards
>
> Rüdiger
