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Apache Now the Leader in SSL Servers?

Posted by Zonk on from the moving-on-up dept.

miller60 writes "Apache has overtaken Microsoft as the leading developer of secure web servers, according to Netcraft's monthly SSL survey. Apache now runs on 44.0% of secure web sites, compared to 43.8% for Microsoft. Apache's recent gains are attributed to the inclusion of mod_ssl in version 2, and strong growth of SSL-enabled sites in non-US markets where Apache has stronger market share."

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  1. Re:Why so much different? by tedhiltonhead · · Score: 3, Informative

    The vast majority of virtual hosting is done using Apache, and most domains don't have SSL support. The SSL stat may get us closer to counting the number of IP's using the two packages, rather than just the number of domains.

  2. Re:oblig troll by Homology · · Score: 2, Informative
    On Windows, forking a new process is expensive thus the heavy use of threads. On Unix, forking is not so expensive, comparatively.

    Apache http 2.x is supposed to run much better on Windows than 1.3, and do indeed use threading.

  3. Re:Shows what I know by gbjbaanb · · Score: 3, Informative

    It has been mentioned, just that the figures were not available for the SSL survey unless you coughed up cash for the report.

    Its the response that, despite Apache's strength in overall websites, IIS was used for more 'serious' sites. The OSS people who read these comments (usually in another Apache has more/is better/etc than IIS stories) just ignore them.

  4. Re:Shows what I know by Secrity · · Score: 2, Informative

    It was my understanding that for heavy duty "serious" sites that Netscape web server/Sun whatever web server had been the usual choice. news.bbc.co.uk (serios web site, number 8 behind Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google) is using Zeus/4.2 on most of it's sites. www.yahoo.com is running something under freebsd. cgi.ebay.com, #9, is mostly running WebSphere. #10, toolbar.netcraft.com (?) is running Apache The only Netcraft top 10 most visited site that is running IIS is www.microsoft.com (#6). For reference, www.sony.com, www.weather.com, and www.cnn,com are running Apache (all of which are serious sites)