Re: https servers acceleration

From: Q <q@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:43:14 +1000 (EST)

On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> > Actually adding ssl connection support to squid probably wouldn't
> > be that hard.
>
> Perhaps not hard to code, but very unnessecary, and if done then Squid
> can't be freely distributed as USA and many other countries limits
> distribution of SSL code.

Yeah.. I know, that whole ITAR thing can really bite sometimes.

> My recommendation is to look into building a SSL bridge that sits
> infront of Squid and handles the SSL encryption.

Probably not a bad idea.. I think there is a stronghold product that does
something similar to this.

Seeya...Q

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