This sounds like a good idea to me. It sounds like creating a config "cookbook", and a cookbook supplement has proven valuable to other porjects. I got more information from Owen's explanation than reams of tutorials and documents, both online and deadtree format. Of course it takes a special editor to make the information concise, informative, and somewhat self-explanatory, but there is already one guy who's shown that he can do it. Other topics that seem to generate a lot of traffic are hardware engines, and mod_proxy/reverse proxies/load balancers. I don't even know the best questions to ask on these, but they are recurring.
-----Original Message----- From: Marco A. Zamora Cunningham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:45 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: How about making a list FAQ? (was RE: enabling ssl for a subdirectory of a vhost) Great explanation, Owen. I'm keeping it for whenever somebody asks me --for the upteenth time-- how to do it. Which set me thinking: The top 20 questions, which take up a lot of traffic on this list, are really about configuration tips & tricks, and are not really covered in the www.modssl.org FAQ. Why don't we help Ralph by adding them to the FAQ? It would help a lot if we do that, and include a link to it on the subscription confirmation and the list sig. Ralph, would that be OK with you? Off the top of my head, I can think of a few Q's that crop up on an almost daily basis: - How do I set a a pure-virtual SSL host? (You don't.) - Well, then how do I set up an SSL host? (A basic 20-line config, specifying _default_:443 and specificserver:443 VH's) - How do I force all or a part of my site to be served exclusively by SSL? (Redirects by core, mod_rewrite and/or mod_proxy) - Compiling on different platforms. (This might be the most difficult part to keep up to date, but some quick ten-or- twenty liners, culled from correct answers on the list might be enough.) - MSIE keepalive strangeness and bug workarounds (global and agent-specific cipher stuff) - How do I sign/self-sign my certificate? (That one's already in the docs; maybe five-line quick answer?) - How do I set up an SSL->plain HTTP gateway, or vice versa? (mod_proxy, maybe with help by mod_rewrite, other solutions such as stunnel) �Can anybody think of other high-traffic topics not on the existing FAQ? I would be able to help on this FAQ by the start of next month. Anybody else want to chip in? Cheers... Marco Zamora > -----Original Message----- > From: Boyle Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > [...] > >From: Justin Georgeson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >I have Apache 1.3.17 with mod_ssl. I'm not a real proficient apache > > Congratulations, you've already done the hard part of > installing mod_ssl and getting it running with certs and so ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
