mod_ssl
mod_ssl is an optional module for the Apache HTTP Server.
Provides strong cryptography for the Apache v1.3 and v2 webserver via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) cryptographic protocols by the help of the Open Source SSL/TLS toolkit OpenSSL.
Version clarification
The mod_ssl in Apache 2 is based on the mod_ssl for Apache 1.3, but the two versions are not the same module. The mod_ssl available at www.modssl.org is only for Apache 1.3. The mod_ssl module is part of Apache 2 by default, you just turn it on with configure/compile options, while for Apache 1.3.x it is an addon package requiring a few other steps in the configure/compile process and additional packages to link with.
License
The mod_ssl package for Apache v1.3 is licensed under a BSD-style license, which basically means that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purpose.
The mod_ssl module for Apache v2 is part of Apache v2, licensed with Apache License 2.0.
History
The mod_ssl v1 package was initially created in April 1998 by Ralf S. Engelschall via porting Ben Laurie's Apache-SSL 1.17 source patches for Apache 1.2.6 to Apache 1.3b6 [1]. Because of conflicts with Ben Laurie's development cycle it then was re-assembled from scratch for Apache 1.3.0 by merging the old mod_ssl 1.x with the newer Apache-SSL 1.18. From this point on mod_ssl lived its own life as mod_ssl v2.
The first publically released version was mod_ssl 2.0.0 from August 10th, 1998. As of 2009-10-10, latest version released: v2.8.31-1.3.41, for Apache 1.3.41, on 2008-02-08.
After US export restrictions on cryptographic software were loosened, mod_ssl became part of the Apache HTTP Server with the release of Apache httpd 2 [2].
See also
Some general purpose Apache modules
- mod_deflate — compress content before it is delivered to the client. For Apache v2 only.
- mod_gzip — compress content, similar to mod_deflate. For Apache v1 and v2.
- mod_proxy — a proxy/cache for Apache.
- mod_rewrite — a URL rewriter for Apache.
Some programming language interfaces for Apache
- Apache Rivet — a programming system that allows developers to use Tcl as a scripting language for creating dynamic web sites. See also mod_tcl.
- mod_jk — the connector used to connect Tomcat (Java) servlet container with web servers (not only with Apache).
- mod_lisp — and extension module for Apache that enables Apache to interface with web applications written in Lisp.
- mod_lua — embeds a Lua interpreter into Apache. See also mod_wombat.
- mod_mono — a module for Apache that allows for hosting of ASP.NET pages and other assemblies on multiple platforms by use of the Mono development platform.
- mod_parrot — embeds a Parrot virtual machine interpreter into the Apache server.
- mod_perl — embeds a Perl interpreter into Apache.
- mod_php — embeds a PHP interpreter into Apache.
- mod_python — embeds a Python interpreter into Apache. See also mod_wsgi.
- mod_ruby — embeds a Ruby interpreter into Apache.
- mod_tcl — language interface to Tcl for Apache. See also Apache Rivet.
- mod_wombat — embeds a Lua interpreter into Apache. See also mod_lua.
- mod_wsgi — provides a WSGI compliant interface for hosting Python 2.3+ based web applications under Apache. See also mod_python.
External links
- Official mod_ssl website — this module only for Apache 1.x.
- Apache Module mod_ssl — mod_ssl is part of Apache 2 by default.