Steffen Dettmer wrote:
>
> > > can anyone drop me a line about the differences of Apache-SSL and Apache
> > > with mod_ssl? Is the only difference that one is a patch and the other a
> > > module or are there more differences (I guess so ;) ?
> >
> > Neither is a module. They are both patches.
>
> As far as I understood mod_ssl patches a EAPI into Apache only, to make
> some "new" hooks aviable, the mod_ssl itself is a module and it should be
> possible to load it dynamically. Second, mod_ssl developers (mostly Ralf
> ;) ) spent much attention on writing clean, stable, well-documented code
> and to write a nice documentaion/manual (== doing the right software
> engineering). mod_ssl was adapted from Apache-SSL and was intended to be
> "the new" Apache-SSL as module design (tell me when I'm wrong, Ralf!), but
> by the time there came up more differences (shared memory cache in mod_ssl
> and so on), since the Apache-SSL developers didn't like the "module idea"
> (tell me when I'm wrong, Ben!).
You are wrong. I have nothing against the "module idea". In fact,
Apache-SSL has been getting gradually smaller over the years as the
Apache module interface grew (== code was moved from Apache-SSL to
Apache). But for various reasons the final pieces of the puzzle never
quite fell into place. Not least of these reasons is the prohibition
against crypto hooks.
However, Apache 2.0 _will_ support Apache-SSL as a module (well, does,
in fact), and that is where I am putting most of my effort currently.
BTW, I completely disagree that documentation equates to "doing the
right software engineering". It is a symptom of having a great deal more
spare time than I have, though.
Cheers,
Ben.
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who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
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