Subject: Re: SSL (fwd)
To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 17:07:11 +0100 (BST)
From: Ben Laurie <ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199510121557.IAA22285@taz.hyperreal.com> from "Rob Hartill" at
 Oct 12, 95 08:57:14 am
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> 
> 
> someone mentioned they were working on SSL. Can you please
> respond to this user.

That was me. I'm actually looking at it right now. I'll contact him. There is,
of course, a problem, upon which I would love to hear anybody's advice/opinion.
SSL involves exactly the kind of encryption which causes problems between the
US and the rest of the world (encryption with friction, so to speak). If I
do this work, presumably someone in the US will have to duplicate it, and it
will forever have to remain as a set of patches. At least until the US
government wakes up to reality.

It also seems that the legality of publishing it in the rest of the world is
not entirely clear.

Ah, well.

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> Forwarded message:
> > From ingram@ipsnet.net  Thu Oct 12 06:09:45 1995
> > Message-Id: <199510130109.VAA00583@ithink.com>
> > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 21:09:45 -0400
> > Sender: root@ithink.com
> > From: Ingram Leedy <ingram@ipsnet.net>
> > Organization: IPSnet
> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; Linux 1.2.11 i586)
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> > To: apache-bugs@mail.apache.org
> > Subject: SSL
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> > 
> > Is there any effort to use SSL in apache?
> > 
> > http://petrified.cic.net/~altitude/ssl/howto.html  explains how to implement
> > SSL for NCSA httpd.  This would seem like an easy port for someone that
> > understands apache.  I may want to try this port if there is no one else
> > working on the effort.   But again, I am no export on apache or nsca httpd,
> > but I'd give it a shot.
> > 
> > 
> > -- Ingram
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 

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