Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:19:45 -0400 From: Tom R <freebsd.trhodes@gmail.com> To: Bernard Spil <brnrd@freebsd.org> Cc: apache@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mod_http2 or ap24-mod_http2 Message-ID: <CAF5QVX1uGRzXSmSi_dEj0Yx-GgKx7C0i0S%2Bk4pxMBBNuZF1ZBw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <929dbf7eea973a89afa146dbfaad2c40@freebsd.org> References: <CAF5QVX3YzrU0Q9HN5oXdHv4B3RaHfF6-SNu4mBq1ogATWA_aow@mail.gmail.com> <929dbf7eea973a89afa146dbfaad2c40@freebsd.org>
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Thank you, Bernard, I have submitted a handbook update to phabricator for the change and followed your advice. Stay safe, -- Tom Rhodes On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 8:57 AM Bernard Spil <brnrd@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On 2020-10-14 00:50, Tom R wrote: > > > Hi Bernard, > > > > I want to add a section on using http2 in FreeBSD. I'm looking over > > the apache website, and took a very quick look at the code. From what > > I can tell, the mod_http2 does most if not all of the http2 > > implementation, but the ap24-mod_http2 does all of the h2 and h2c TLS > > requirements. > > > > Which is better, because I am completely lost. Thank you so much for > > any reply! > > > > -- > > Tom Rhodes > > (trhodes@FreeBSD.org) > > Hi Tom, > > The www/mod_http2 port is not required to enable HTTP/2 in Apache! (just > load the module, and add Protocol h2 to your SSL vhost config). > > The www/apache24 port comes with the mod_h2 module enabled by default > (HTTP2=on: HTTP/2 (RFC 7540) support). You can disable it with make > config. > The www/mod_http2 port only exists to provide users with early access to > the next version that will be shipped with a next Apache 2.4 release. > Over the past years, various security fixes have been applied in the > mod_http2 port that appeared in the apache24 port quite a bit later. > Thus users may choose to use the latest release in stead of the bundled > module. > Please DO mention this in any guide as an aside, but make clear this > this is not necessary for regular use. > > Cheers, Bernard.
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