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Re: apache-ssl on Sparc 2 4/75



On  0, peter_easthope@gulfnet.sd64.bc.ca wrote:
> Tom, 
> 
> Thanks for replying.
> 
> tc> Ahem.  You do mean 'lynx https://<domain_name>/', don't you?  
> 
> Sorry to say, but yes, I did try "lynx http://<domain_name>/".
> Only now do I grasp that apache-ssl does not support http.
> Seems plausible for it to support http as a special case.

You can configure apache-ssl to support http and apache to support
ssl, but see below.

> tc> Trying to connect on http will not work (it uses a different 
> port, 80 instead of 443 for https).
> 
> I recall the mention of port numbers in the documentation
> but not the restriction to https.  Of course, this is all 
> painfully obvious to someone familiar with the 
> correspondence between port numbers and protocols.

The association between protocols and ports is not enforced; you can
start a https server on any port you want (8443 is popular, for
instance).

> Oberon does not yet support https so my solution will 
> be to toss apache-ssl and install apache.

The apache and apache-ssl packages will run quite happily side by
side, but whether you want this or not depends on what you are trying
to acheive.

Tom
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