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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:05:22 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
Cc:        abbott at MPCA <jabbott@wolf.co.net>, Steve <shovey@buffnet.net>, Artem Koutchine <matrix@norilsk.ru>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Secure HTTP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970424190357.22484B-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970422104204.12849E-100000@alive.znep.com>

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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Marc Slemko wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, abbott at MPCA wrote:
> 
> > Steve wrote:
> > > 
> > > Apache doesnt have secure server services - stronghold does.
> > 
> > No, that is not true.  Apache, with the addition of SSLeay provides
> > everything that Stronghold does.  What you paid for with Stronghold is
> > everything all put togeather in one package plus a telephone number to
> > call and complain when it does not work.  Both valuable things.  I
> > popped for stronghold too.  I was never able to get SSLeay to work
> > right.
> 
> There are some Apache-SSL patches that allow Apache to work with SSLeay. 
> However, to work with common clients you need to use a cipher (RC2/RC4) 
> which RSA claims patents on in the US.  This means that to use it
> commercially within the US you need to have a license from RSA. 

Yeah, but the original posting came from Russia. In this case, the place 
to look would be:

http://www.algroup.co.uk/Apache-SSL

It's a bit of a pain to install, but it works (and is free)

   [snip]

Nadav



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