Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 20:05:18 +1100 From: "Sean Winn" <sean@gothic.net.au> To: <hhudson@eschelon.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: secure server Message-ID: <003601c0496d$3b6bd740$1d48b6ca@mysterious> References: <C1781C38F13DA040848FEFAD07311B10459624@walleye.corp.fishnet.com>
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SSL served web pages cannot be cached by a public proxy-cache, such as squid, or MS-Proxy; they can be proxied (there's a CONNECT method in HTTP for that purpose), but that just allows a connection, not a cacheable object. Only the browser sees the cacheable objects. Lynx in it's normal configuration cannot handle SSL; it has to be patched to do it; libwww under Perl requires add-ons to do SSL as well (so hand-tooled scripts need help); PHP cannot open https URLs, though it can open FTP or HTTP ones. fetch, wget, and others also don't support SSL... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik Hudson" <hhudson@eschelon.com> To: "'Jim Pazarena'" <paz@ccstores.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:49 AM Subject: RE: secure server > Hello- > > My understanding is that the computation needed to generate all the SSL > pages would bog a server down if there is a high traffic volume? and why bog > it down for pages that don't need it? > > As for the non-secure / secure dilemma, some browsers don't handle the SSL > encryption as of yet? Otherwise, I can't think of one either. > > Henrik > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim Pazarena > > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 17:22 > > To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > > Subject: secure server > > > > > > Is it possible to have a plain 'unsecure' apache running on the > > server at the same time that a secure-server is also running? > > > > The reason I ask, is I'm confused why when you go to a site > > to buy something you are sometimes asked do you want > > 'the secure OR non-secure' purchase. Is there some reason why > > I would even _need_ a non-secure purchase? and to take this > > thought process to the next step, why not make your server > > 'secure' ALL the time? > > > > > > -- > > Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com > > http://www.qcislands.net/paz > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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