Implement SSL Configuration for Apache on Unix-Based Systems

An excerpt from Chapter 3, "Security," of Apache: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition. Enable Apache to communicate securely over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Covers building, configuring, and securing an SSL-enabled Apache server under Unix.. . . An excerpt from Chapter 3, "Security," of Apache: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition. Enable Apache to communicate securely over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Covers building, configuring, and securing an SSL-enabled Apache server under Unix.

The object of what follows is to make a version of Apache that handles the HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) protocol. Currently this is only available in Unix versions, and given the many concerns that exist over the security of Win32, there seems little point in trying to implement SSL in the Win32 version of Apache.