I have Apache 2.0.58 running on a couple of windows machines. I want to be able to use SSL, but I'm confused about the different mechanisms involved. Am I right in saying that both apache_ssl and mod_ssl both give apache a means of communicating with openssl? is that right? It seems to me that apache_ssl and mod_ssl will not work with apache 2.x, only 1.3. Am I right on that? Do I have to downgrade to 1.3? I'm running php & mysql & apache on a windows machine. Is version 1.3 ok for this? I thought v1.3 was a bit flakey with windows. Do I have any other options?
I run 1.3.34 on a Windows (XP) machine with no problem. However, is this a production or development server? 2) Why do you think ssl won't work with Apache 2.x? I haven't seen that anywhere ...
It was just that modssl was only available for v1.3, but now I find out that's because version 2 already has it! Except that I had installed using the msi, so do I now have to learn how to compile the source to use the included ssl? And, yes, this is a development server.
I've been having a hard time finding a version of Apache 2.x that still contains ssl. I've found a 2.0.46 on the Apache archives (http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/), but no luck on anything more recent. You may be able to find someone that would compile the source for you ... Otherwise, a G search for apache 2 no_ssl add ssl turns up a forum post elsewhere referring to OpenSSL installation - you may want to check on that ... (~3 result)