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Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition
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Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition

by Ben Laurie, Peter Laurie
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
588 pages
25h 57m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Environment variables

Once Apache SSL is installed, a number of new environment variables will appear and can be used in CGI scripts (see Chapter 13). They are shown in Table 11-1.

Table 11-1. Apache v1.3 environment variables

Variable

Value type

Description

HTTPS

flag

HTTPS being used

HTTPS_CIPHER

string

SSL/TLS cipherspec

SSL_CIPHER

string

The same as HTTPS_CIPHER

SSL_PROTOCOL_VERSION

string

Self explanatory

SSL_SSLEAY_VERSION

string

Self explanatory

HTTPS_KEYSIZE

number

Number of bits in the session key

HTTPS_SECRETKEYSIZE

number

Number of bits in the secret key

SSL_CLIENT_DN

string

DN in client’s certificate

SSL_CLIENT_ x509

string

Component of client’s DN, where x509 is a component of an X509 DN

SSL_CLIENT_I_DN

string

DN of issuer of client’s certificate

SSL_CLIENT_I_ x509

string

Component of client’s issuer’s DN, where x509 is a component of an X509 DN

SSL_SERVER_DN

string

DN in server’s certificate

SSL_SERVER_ x509

string

Component of server’s DN, where x509 is a component of an X509 DN

SSL_SERVER_I_DN

string

DN of issuer of server’s certificate

SSL_SERVER_I_ x509

string

Component of server’s issuer’s DN, where x509 is a component of an X509 DN

SSL_CLIENT_CERT

string

Base64 encoding of client cert

SSL_CLIENT_CERT_CHAIN_ n

string

Base64 encoding of client cert chain

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