[Mod_gzip] mod_gzip, mod_proxy and mod_ssl

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Hi Kevin,


thanks once more for letting us share your experience about
the Apache history and the internals of mod_ssl.

> So it is now THEORETICALLY possible to just add
> mod_gzip into the filter chain along with mod_ssl
> and get the outbound data compressed as well as
> encrypted... but I am not sure anyone has actually
> tried/tested this with Apache 2.x

I have some test installation here, using the combination of
mod_ssl and mod_deflate on Apache 2.0.47, and when I request
some page via HTTPS, everything works as expected.
(Actually, I cannot trace the HTTPS data stream, but mod_deflate
now sets logfile notes - like mod_gzip - and so the access_log
shows me the compression ratios.)

At least, the filter concept of Apache 2.0.47 seems to work.

So I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work with mod_gzip
2.0.4x as well.

Regards, Michael