Thanks for clarifying this for the group, Cliff.
Our 'hangup' was admittedly a little specific, and I am working my way around that right now - if for no other reason than to reduce the updating cycle. (Yeah, I still cannot love distribution rpms! May the Good Lord forgive my intransigence :-) George Cliff Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, George Walsh wrote: > >> I, for one, would be more than happy to use Apache 2.0. BUT, I need >> mod_ssl to function and as I understand it, mod_ssl applications cannot >> cope with cgi, so I really have no place to start. > >Just to clarify for those who might be listening and didn't follow >George's earlier posts, Apache 2.0 handles https: requests to CGI's >perfectly fine. EXCEPT when you try to configure it to renegotiate on a >POST request (which could happen if, say, your cgi-bin directory had >per-directory SSL parameters set (eg SSLProtocol or requiring a client >certificate)). > >[As a bit of historical reference, those of you who've been around for a >while will recall that mod_ssl for Apache 1.3 had the same problem (worse, >actually... it just gave an I/O error) until version 2.3.10, when the >method not allowed response an experimental workaround were put in. It >remained available only with --enable-rule=SSL_EXPERIMENTAL up until >version 2.5.0.] > >--Cliff > > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > Cliff Woolley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charlottesville, VA > > >______________________________________________________________________ >Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org >User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- George Walsh, Managing Director, CruiseRoutes Division, DSC Directional Services Corp Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
