lighttpd 1.4.8 and multiple rails-apps
Running multiple rails apps on the same domain with lighttpd
Howto: Linux Lighttpd SSL (secure server layer) https configuration and installation
#1288 (SSL Client Certificate validation.) - lighttpd - secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web-server - Trac
patch that adds ssl client certificate support to lighttpd
Docs:SSL - lighttpd - secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web-server - Trac
some tricks for working with SSL in lighttpd. Includes disabling ye olde SSL protocols that are less secure
BenCurtis.com » Conditional Proxying with Lighttpd
you really want to enable this if you use lighttpd to proxy back to rails mongrels. It stops your mongrels being used for serving static content.
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