May I suggest to keep such "what is better and why" discussions
from the list? We all should be proud that there are now 2 different
and mostly stable packages to choose from if one wants to do
SSL with Apache in the free world. Every package has its times
when it makes problems (eg. look at the recent problems with
shm:/... session cache for mod_ssl) but since both are maintained
that is not much a problem for long.
Regarding gcache. At least if you follow the Apache-SSL list
it is notable that nearly none complains about problem with
gcache anymore...
Eugene Crosser schrieb:
>
> On 23-Jun-99 at 17:23, Ben Laurie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > > There were good reasons why I kicked it out in the past. But the
> > > suggestion to reintegrate it is ok, of course. The hint of threading
> > > actually makes it interesting again. I'm currently finishing my new
> > > multithreading library NPS (see http://www.engelschall.com/sw/nps/ when
> > > you're interested in my latest coding) and you're right: gcache could
> > > benefit a little from threading, too. But when I reintegrate gcache again
> > > for mod_ssl 2.4.0 I'll do it different: It will not again be spawned and
> > > driven by Apache itself. That has too much problems and isn't stable
> > > enough for a reliable service IMHO.
> >
> > That's just FUD - I run many production servers with gcache and I never
> > have problems with it.
>
> Ben,
>
> I agree that socket based session cache may be a good idea, but at the times
> I ran your server, gcache *did* cause problems. Every now and then, when
> the main server finished for watever reason (configuration error etc.),
> gcache process continued running holding the socket and preventing the
> new server process from starting. You had to find gcache process and kill
> it by hand. You may have fixed it since then but anyway such approach looks
> less robust...
>
> Eugene
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