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.

Here are some key features of "mod_ssl":

· 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)