Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition

Name

SSLOptions

Synopsis

SSLOptions [+-]option ...
Server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Apache v2 only

This directive can be used to control various runtime options on a per-directory basis. Normally, if multiple SSLOptions could apply to a directory, then the most specific one is taken completely, and the options are not merged. However, if all the options on the SSLOptions directive are preceded by a plus (+) or minus (-) symbol, the options are merged. Any options preceded by a + are added to the options currently in force, and any options preceded by a - are removed from the options currently in force.

The available options are as follows:

StdEnvVars

When this option is enabled, the standard set of SSL-related CGI/SSI environment variables are created. By default, this is disabled for performance reasons, because the information extraction step is an expensive operation. So one usually enables this option for CGI and SSI requests only.

CompatEnvVars

When this option is enabled, additional CGI/SSI environment variables are created for backward compatibility with other Apache SSL solutions. Look in the Compatibility chapter of the Apache documentation (httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/ssl/ssl_compat.html) for details on the particular variables generated.

ExportCertData

When this option is enabled, additional CGI/SSI environment variables are created: SSL_SERVER_CERT, SSL_CLIENT_CERT and SSL_CLIENT_CERT_CHAIN n (with n = 0,1,2,...). These contain the PEM-encoded X.509 ...