Ken wrote...

>BOTTOM LINE:  If the 3000 can't do SSL, in many if not most
>cases it won't be considered for use as a serious production
>web server in the commercial world.

Hmmm. I was going to mention that in many cases it might make
good sense to run the SSL web server on a separate machine and
not on the 3000 database or application server. Just think of
aspects like network isolation/security as well as load balancing
or independent scaling of resources...

On the other hand, the above could also be done by running the
web server on a separate 3000/918 or alike (if learning to run
and maintaing a completely different OS and all the associated
cost is not a prefered choice)... But would people really buy
a 918 instead of an NT box for such use? (if so, you might want
to hint HP of that potential business case)...

Lars (only speaking for myself here, as usual)


PS...
>  Lars is HP...  :-)

Wouldn't that be "Lars isElementOf HP" instead??  ;-)