Commit e0a228be authored by Doug MacEachern's avatar Doug MacEachern
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various updates


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/ssl@94392 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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Changes for README: 19 added lines, 13 removed lines.
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@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 # mod_ssl.h ............... common header file of mod_ssl
 # ssl_engine_config.c ..... module configuration handling
 # ssl_engine_dh.c ......... DSA/DH support
 - ssl_engine_ext.c ........ Extensions to other Apache parts
 # ssl_engine_init.c ....... module initialization
 # ssl_engine_io.c ......... I/O support
 # ssl_engine_kernel.c ..... SSL engine kernel
@@ -124,11 +123,6 @@
 SSL_EXPERIMENTAL_xxxx variables, except if SSL_EXPERIMENTAL_xxxx_IGNORE
 is already defined. Currently the following features are experimental:

   o SSL_EXPERIMENTAL_PROXY
     The ability to use various additional SSLProxyXXX directives in
     oder to control extended client functionality in the HTTPS proxy
     code.

   o SSL_EXPERIMENTAL_ENGINE
     The ability to support the new forthcoming OpenSSL ENGINE stuff.
     Until this development branch of OpenSSL is merged into the main
@@ -144,9 +138,6 @@
 o The complete EAPI-based SSL_VENDOR stuff was removed.
 o The complete EAPI-based SSL_COMPAT stuff was removed.
 o The <IfDefine> variable MOD_SSL is no longer provided automatically 
 o The complete SSL_CONSERVATIVE stuff was removed, i.e.,
   SSL renegotiations in combination with POST request are not supported
   unless the problem is solved again, but this time through layered I/O.

 MAJOR CHANGES 

@@ -154,7 +145,8 @@
 from Apache 1.3 and this mod_ssl version for Apache 2.0:

 o The DBM based session cache is now based on APR's DBM API only.
 o Introduced Filter logic (similar to mod_tls)
 o The shared memory based session cache is now based on APR's APIs.
 o SSL I/O is now implemented in terms of filters rather than BUFF
 o Eliminated ap_global_ctx. Storing Persistant information in 
   process_rec->pool->user_data. The ssl_pphrase_Handle_CB() and 
   ssl_config_global_* () functions have an extra parameter now - 
@@ -162,14 +154,25 @@
 o Properly support restarts, allowing mod_ssl to be added to a server
   that is already running and to change server certs/keys on restart
 o Various performance enhancements
 o proxy support is no longer an "extension", much of the mod_ssl core
   was re-written (ssl_engine_{init,kernel,config}.c) to be generic so
   it could be re-used in proxy mode.
   - the optional function ssl_proxy_enable is provide for mod_proxy
     to enable proxy support
   - proxy support now requires 'SSLProxyEngine on' to be configured
   - proxy now supports SSLProxyCARevocation{Path,File} in addition to
     the original SSLProxy* directives
 o per-directory SSLCACertificate{File,Path} is now thread-safe but
   requires SSL_set_cert_store patch to OpenSSL
 o RSA sslc is supported via ssl_toolkit_compat.h
 o the ssl_engine_{ds,ext}.c source files are obsolete and no longer
   exist

 TODO

 o SSL renegotiations in combination with POST request
 o Port all remaining code (code inside #if 0...#endif blocks)
 o Do we need SSL_set_read_ahead()?
 o Enable SSL extensions (ssl_engine_ext.c)
 o add configure check for SSL_set_cert_store to support per-dir
   SSLCACertificate{File,Path}
 o the ssl_expr api is NOT THREAD SAFE.  race conditions exist:
   -in ssl_expr_comp() if SSLRequire is used in .htaccess
    (ssl_expr_info is global)
@@ -180,3 +183,6 @@
   ssl_engine_dh.c, while the comment in ssl_engine_kernel.c says:
   "it is suggested that keys be changed daily or every 500
    transactions, and more often if possible."
 o ssl_var_lookup could be rewritten to be MUCH faster
 o CRL callback should be pluggable
 o init functions should return status code rather than ssl_die()