Beside a few bugfixes and documentation cleanups, this version brings you two
new interesting features: First support for client-initiated SSL renegotation
and this way support for Verisign's Global Server ID facility. And second
support for APXS (Apache's extension tool for the DSO situation) which can be
used to easily upgrade the libssl.so.
Greetings,
Ralf S. Engelschall
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Changes with mod_ssl 2.1.3 (03-Nov-1998 to 05-Dec-1998)
*) Added APXS support: By using the --with-apxs option you can now easily
upgrade the libssl.so file through a stand-alone build process as long
as you actually use DSO and EAPI doesn't change. In other words, a
simple `./configure --with-apxs=/path/to/apache/sbin/apxs
--with-ssleay=/path/to/your/ssleay; make install' can be used to upgrade
the /path/to/apache/libexec/libssl.so.
*) Added support documenation, programs and scripts for the `Global Server
ID' facility as README.GlobalID, pkg.contrib/gid-mkcert.sh,
pkg.contrib/gid-tagcert.c and pkg.contrib/loadcacert.cgi. This way
people can setup their own private `Global Server ID' stuff :)
*) Allowed SSL renegotiations initiated by the client.
This especially adds support for Verisign's `Global Server ID' facility
where Netscape Communicator does a renegotiation to upgrade the SSL
connection parameters (the cipher) from 40-bit to 128-bit encryption.
*) Fix typo in httpd.conf-dist: `</Location />' -> `</Location>'
*) Added new README.dsov.{fig,ps} files: They are intended for those people
who want to hack theirself inside the mod_ssl source. The figure
provides two diagrams which show the lifetime and chaining of the
various Apache, mod_ssl and SSLeay data structures which are used inside
mod_ssl.
*) Cleaned up some documents.
*) Cleaned up ssl_engine_compat.c a little bit more...
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