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. 
> 
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