Re: apache-ssl or libapache-mod-ssl?
On Mon, 28 Juli 2003 18:11:16 -0400, Tom Allison wrote:
> ScruLoose wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 05:12:13PM +0200, Alexander Meyer wrote:
> >
> >>hi list,
> >>
> >>i'm running a webserver for a client who wants to add an online payment
> >>system to his webshop so i have to deploy a ssl-enabled webserver on the
> >>same machine. the question is now if i would upgrade the already running
> >>apache with mod-ssl or rather install an independent ssl-enabled apache.
> >>i would feel slightliy better with the two-independent-packages approach
> >>but i could be missing something. could anyone experienced with this
> >>tell me about some pros and cons i might have forgot to consider?
> >
> >
> >I asked very much the same question a few weeks ago, and ended up
> >going with the two-independent-servers approach because somebody on
> >this list indicated it was simpler to set up. I have no experience
> >with mod-ssl whatsoever, but I *did* find that adding an independent
> >apache-ssl server worked pretty nearly "straight out of the box".
> >I guess the main drawback of this method would be increased resource
> >overhead.
> >
> > HTH
>
> You can manage the resources by setting the SSL child process limits low.
this will help me making a decision.
thank you.
alexander.
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