mod_ssl FOR LINUX

mod_ssl module provides strong cryptography for the Apache 1.3 webserver via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols by the help of the Open Source SSL/TLS toolkit OpenSSL, which is based on SSLeay from Eric A.

The mod_ssl package was created in April 1998 by Ralf S. Engelschall and was originally derived from software developed by Ben Laurie for use in the Apache-SSL HTTP server project. The mod_ssl package is licensed under a BSD-style license, which basically means that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes.

"mod_ssl" features:

• Open Source software (BSD-style license)


• Useable for both commercial and non-commercial use


• Available for both Unix and Win32 platforms


• 128-bit strong cryptography world-wide


• Support for SSLv2, SSLv3, and TLSv1 protocols


• Support for both RSA and Diffie-Hellman ciphers


• Clean reviewable ANSI C source code


• Clean Apache module architecture


• Integrates seamlessly into Apache through an Extended API (EAPI)


• Full Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) support


• Support for the OpenSSL+RSAref US-situation


• Advanced pass-phrase handling for private keys


• X.509 certificate based authentication for both client and server


• X.509 certificate revocation list (CRL) support


• Support for per-URL renegotiation of SSL handshake parameters


• Support for explicit seeding of the PRNG with external sources


• Additional boolean-expression based access control facility


• Backward compatibility to other Apache SSL solutions


• Inter-process SSL session cache (DBM or Shared Memory based)


• Powerful dedicated SSL engine logging facility


• Simple and robust application to Apache source trees


• Fully integrated into the Apache 1.3 configuration mechanism


• Additional integration into the Apache Autoconf-style Interface (APACI)


• Assistance in X.509v3 certificate generation (both RSA and DSA)

Publisher: Ralf S. Engelschall