OpenSSL compression (Windows)

2007-09-21 Thread Tom Donovan
New topic - was Thoughts on Camillia in openssl binaries? William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: Tom Donovan wrote: William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: Two questions, one technical one legal. On a slightly-related note; it might also be a good change to statically link zlib into OpenSSL to avoid the need for

Re: OpenSSL compression (Windows)

2007-09-21 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Tom Donovan wrote: A case can be made for not enabling OpenSSL compression on Windows. If both parties to an SSL connection support compression, it is used for everything on the connection without regard to whether the content is compressible. Already-compressed data; like .jpg, .gif,

Re: OpenSSL compression (Windows)

2007-09-21 Thread Henrik Nordstrom
On fre, 2007-09-21 at 11:06 -0400, Tom Donovan wrote: Already-compressed data; like .jpg, .gif, .png, .zip, .tgz, .jar, and any content filtered by mod_deflate are re-compressed. This uses non-trivial CPU cycles for no (or slightly negative) benefit. Bot yes and no. Unlike HTTP, SSL