On 24-Oct-98 Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
> Oh sorry, I at least should say what the main key to DSO support for mod_ssl
> was: Instead of patching in SSL-things into the Apache core now a totally
> generic API extension is patched in (the apache.patch file now contains mainly
> non-SSL stuff). This extended API provides mainly the following three
> additional features:
>
> Four additional module hooks, a generic low-level hook mechanism and a generic
> context mechanism. All three thing together provide a way to _loosely_ couple
> mod_ssl into the Apache core code instead of couple it via direct symbol
> references (the big NO-NO for DSO). This way even inter-module communication
> is possible: For instance mod_log_config's SSL support is now loosly coupled
> to mod_ssl, too. This way mod_log_config has not even to be linked against
> SSLeay ;-)
so the next question is - if the mod_ssl does not contain any crypto - when can
it be rolled into the main apache dist? :-)
these are generic hooks right? other modules could use them right? they are not
specificially just for crypto right?
objection! council is leading the witness
objection overruled
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simon
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