[Mod_gzip] gzip vs deflate on Apache

Lance Morrison mod_gzip@lists.over.net
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:37:28 -0500


Hello

I'm trying to get some clarification about gzip vs deflate on Apache. 
We have a network device that will handle the gzip or deflate 
compression methods.  If I send in a GET request with

	Accept-Encoding: gzip

I get back a compressed response with:

	server: Apache/2.0.46,(Unix),mod_gzip/2.0.26.1a

However, if I specify "deflate" I don't get back a compressed response. 

  My httpd.conf file contains:

	SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

The mod_gzip params in the file don't seem to have any affect though 
they are recoginized.

Can someone tell me how this all fits together!  We sould like Apache to 
be able to compress with both algorithms for our testing.

Many thanks in advance.

Lance Morrison