[svlug] Test for SSL on Apache?

[Karen Shaeffer]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 10:30:07AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> 
> Just a thought:  If you're finding yourself compiling mod_ssl from
> source (and if this isn't a distribution where you normally build
> _everything_ from source), then maybe you're solving the wrong problem?
> 
> That is, part of the goal of distribution package maintainers is to make
> packaged software work relatively painlessly -- not to mention, over
> time, doing package maintenance and security patching that you'd
> otherwise have to do locally, on your own.  Maybe you should start over,
> blow away the mess you have, put in the _distro packages_ for Apache
> {1.3.x|2.x}, OpenSSL, and mod_ssl, generate a cert[1], and just enable
> the latter in whatever's the appropriate Apache conffile for your
> distro's context.

Well put. And I would add that it seems to be one ought to be able to
run appache - mod_ssl utilizing distribution packages as a requisite to
attempting to build a custom install. Get the packaged based system
working, then maybe learn about configuration and startup options. Then
take a look at how those distribution packages are patched, configured,
and compiled. And only then are you really ready to put together a hand
built custom installation. That would be the most logically grounded
plan -- and arguably the most productive path to follow.

Just my opinion.

Thanks,
Karen
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 Karen Shaeffer
 Neuralscape, Palo Alto, Ca. 94306
 shaeffer at neuralscape.com  http://www.neuralscape.com