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[users@httpd] Caching https pages in Apache ?
Hi all ,
is there any point using mod_cache , mod_file_cache on an Apache 2 server that only serves https pages ?
In other words can https pages be cache in Apache ?
Regards
Daniel
Re: [users@httpd] Caching https pages in Apache ?
Posted by Issac Goldstand <ma...@beamartyr.net>.
Actually, my understanding is that mod_file_cache (unlike disk and mem)
caches the filehandle, not the content, and is specifically meant to
give an extra boost for serving static files that you know will be very
popular by not having to open() them each time they're served. So it
may be what you want. Since SSL happens at the protocol/connection
filter level, and mod_cache at the request/protocol level, there's no
reason it shouldn't.
See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_file_cache.html
Issac
Joshua Slive wrote:
> On 9/22/06, ABAPGUY <ab...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> is there any point using mod_cache , mod_file_cache on an Apache 2
>> server
>> that only serves https pages ?
>> In other words can https pages be cache in Apache ?
>
> It is my understanding that the encryption itself cannot be cached
> because there is a unique encryption key for each client. (Someone
> please correct me if I'm wrong.) But the cache can still help if you
> have heavy-weight content generation, since it will cache a complete,
> unencrypted copy of the page. If you are just serving static files,
> it probably won't do much good.
>
> Joshua.
>
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Re: [users@httpd] Caching https pages in Apache ?
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
On 9/22/06, ABAPGUY <ab...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> is there any point using mod_cache , mod_file_cache on an Apache 2 server
> that only serves https pages ?
> In other words can https pages be cache in Apache ?
It is my understanding that the encryption itself cannot be cached
because there is a unique encryption key for each client. (Someone
please correct me if I'm wrong.) But the cache can still help if you
have heavy-weight content generation, since it will cache a complete,
unencrypted copy of the page. If you are just serving static files,
it probably won't do much good.
Joshua.
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