"Boyle Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Rather, SSL (more properly, HTTPS) is a protocol you define for a >particular virtual host. This means the SSL directives *must* go inside >a VH container. The only exception is if you don't use VHs at all and >only have one site which is defined at server config level (i.e. there >are no VH containers at all and only one DocumentRoot). Then the SSL >directives can be at config level. > >To put it another way; > >- Listen directives tell apache which TCP/IP sockets to listen to. >- DocumentRoot directives tell apache where to find the start each the >site's content. >- VHs map Listens to DocumentRoots, i.e. TCP/IP sockets to directories. >- The protocol to be used (HTTP or HTTPS) is defined separately for each >VH.
When is some nice company gonna pay Owen to put all his highly original, succinct and illuminating explanations into a wee book? Cheers, cam ----------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp 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]
