Actually, the capability to seperate parts of the configuration has always been in place, it just was not the standard nor the adopted practise in earlier apache releases. In fact, I think seperation of configuration was dropped fairly early on in apache/modssl development as some early web admins found it confusing.
Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Andrew Lietzow wrote: > Dear Mads Toftum, > > This is the default for Apache2 - the ssl configuration has been > > moved out of httpd.conf to ssl.conf > ------- > And what a marvelous business/IT decision that was! I applaude > this whole-heartedly. > > I am but a mere mortal, simply needing to know enough to > configure, launch, and maintain Apache mod_ssl enabled > servers. > > IMO, this makes for a more straightforward configuration, > allowing more users to adopt and utilize the technology. Hopefully, > this is perceived to be a good thing by those who enable this project > to persist. > > Andrew Lietzow > The ACL Group, Inc. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com http://sysinfo.com "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart testing, only testing, and damn good at it too! ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]