IMO, IBM still doesn't get it....
Nobody wants a new IBM Http Server, "Powered by Apache".
As far as I can tell, this just means that Apache is somewhere inside,
wrapped in an IBM OCO lock-box, so that it can't be customized and
extended like -real- Apache.
Why not provide an (open source) port of Apache for z/OS... including
new/patched modssl (or z/OS ICSF providers for openssl) and modauth?
Its not that most people would want to recompile Apache, but at a
minimum it needs to be open enough to allow Apache modules to be
built/ported.
A closed-source ("Powered by") Apache port is -not- Apache.
Kirk Wolf
On 4/13/06, Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I was hoping for a little more information re: IBM's support of real
> >Apache on z/OS.
> >Like:
> >1) Will it be available outside of Websphere?
>
> I would expect so, yes.
>
> >2) Will it support common Apache mods (mod-jk*, ssl, perl, etc)? Will
> >it be open to user's building their own apache modules?
>
> Too early to say yet for sure, but I would look to the IBM HTTP Server
> (Apache-based) that's available for other platforms (including Linux on z)
> for likely clues.
>
> >3) Will it support z/OS authentication and ICSF ssl encryption?
>
> Bank on that.
>
> >4) Will it replace IBM Http server? (Please!!!)
>
> Over time, I would expect so, yes.
>
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> Timothy F. Sipples
> Consulting Enterprise Software Architect, z9/zSeries
> IBM Japan, Ltd.
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