Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Gunther Birznieks
At 11:31 AM 8/26/00 -0700, Rob Tanner wrote: >--On 08/26/00 18:51:31 +0200 Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Heh, obviously you have to supply the password on the server startup, >>unless you use one of the workarounds described in the ssl docs >>(secured utility that feeds the passwd i

Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Gunther Birznieks
Well, the legal troubles should be outlined in the mod_ssl docs. I think it just has to do with using the rsa_ref libraries because of a patent held in the USA. But I haven't looked at it lately. In theory you're supposed to get a license to use it. When you buy StrongHold or another commercia

Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Stas Bekman
> > --On 08/26/00 18:51:31 +0200 Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Heh, obviously you have to supply the password on the server startup, > > unless you use one of the workarounds described in the ssl docs > > (secured utility that feeds the passwd is the best IMHO). > > Naw, somethin

Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Rob Tanner
--On 08/26/00 18:51:31 +0200 Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh, obviously you have to supply the password on the server startup, > unless you use one of the workarounds described in the ssl docs > (secured utility that feeds the passwd is the best IMHO). Naw, something else is going

Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Stas Bekman
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Rob Tanner wrote: > RedHat is as good or bad as any of the distributions. Redhat is not my > personal preference -- and note, I said preference. I don't back my > opinion with lots of objective data because that's a subjective > valuation. I've been using Caldera, but I

Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread T.J. Mather
> Also, another piece of advice for what it's worth. If your going to > add SSL, build and test apache with mod-perl first, and then go back > and add SSL. There may well be a work-around that I'm not aware of, > but basically the problem is that mod-ssl is looking for an encryption > key on

Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Rob Tanner
RedHat is as good or bad as any of the distributions. Redhat is not my personal preference -- and note, I said preference. I don't back my opinion with lots of objective data because that's a subjective valuation. I've been using Caldera, but I've started playing with SuSE and I think I lik

Re: Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Stas Bekman
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Rod Butcher wrote: > I am looking to migrate a small modperl-based webhosting and ISP service > from NT to some flavour of Linux. Are any particularly modperl-friendly or > unfriendly or are they all much the same ? I'm fairly comfortable with > Redhat, but I hear stories of

Advice on migrating modperl from NT to Linux ?

2000-08-26 Thread Rod Butcher
I am looking to migrate a small modperl-based webhosting and ISP service from NT to some flavour of Linux. Are any particularly modperl-friendly or unfriendly or are they all much the same ? I'm fairly comfortable with Redhat, but I hear stories of packages being broken. Any feedback or pointers t