[Mod_gzip] mod_gzip excluding port 443

[Douglas Kirkland]

On Thursday 17 October 2002 08:15 pm, Glenn wrote:
> Have three httpd web servers, one listening to port 443 and forwarding
> requests to a back-end server, one listening to port 80, forwarding
> requests to the _same_ back-end server, and using mod_gzip on the content.
> Using more recent versions of Apache 1.3 and you can have mod_proxy proxy
> requests using the same Host: header, although you lose the originating
> IP address (there are some workarounds).

This seem a lot of work for so little gain.  So far all I have noticed is an 
error message in the logs.  I will just live with the error message, since I 
do not want deal with the work around.  Are there any other side effect other 
then the error message that I should be worried about?

This module is great.  I was putting out the idea since mod_gzip does not 
handle request through port 443 and causes an error.  All the while, Apache 
can handle request through both 80 and port 443 through the same server 
domain block.  I would think that mod_gzip would exclude port 443 from a 
standard install or have a way to exclude a port.  That is why I made the 
suggestion.  From reading the archives I was not the first one with the 
problem.  I may not have been the first one with the suggestion.  But I am 
sure with more people using the module more will ask about the error message. 

Just hoping it will get added later.

Thanks,

-- 
Douglas Kirkland,  Systems Administrator
Technical Support Department
Rhyton Corporation
tech@rhyton.com
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