On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:39:07 +0100
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Best Practices Question
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> What about SSL, is it better/more efficient to allow apache to handle the
> SSL or to drop apache and allow tomcat to do it all?
>
Tomcat standalone can do SSL, so you've still got a choice -- the
difference being that the SSL performance of Apache is likely to be
faster. Does that matter? *ONLY* if Tomcat standalone is not fast enough
to meet your performance requirements by itself.
You don't always need "fastest possible" -- sometimes "quickest to set up"
is the better top priority.
Craig
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Turner, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 30 September 2002 13:39
> To: 'Tomcat Users List'
> Subject: RE: Best Practices Question
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>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:40 PM
> >
>
> ... snip...
>
> > Valid reasons to need it include:
> >
> > * Tomcat standalone is not fast enough (note that this is different
> > from a rule saying select the "fastest possible" solution -- that
> > turns out not to be a requirement in every scenario).
> >
> > * You need the extra features that Apache provides (such as
> > integration
> > with existing modules).
> >
> > * You need to run on port 80 in an environment that requires root
> > for this.
> >
> > * You already know how to configure it, so there's no extra
> > learning curve.
> >
>
> I would include load-balancing as well (multiple Tomcats, one or more
> Apaches).
>
> > Blindly installing Apache+Tomcat because "that's the thing to do" is a
> > waste of effort in many scenarios.
>
> Agreed.
>
> >
> > Craig
> >
>
> John
>
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