different ways to disable https in apache...

[Drew B. [Security Expertise/Freelance Security research].]

What kinds of attacks might I _not_ be insulating
myself against by simply not running SSL, vs.
reinstalling without it ?

A quick one;
SSL as you know encrypts that link and makes it secure,hence the
'handshake' name so without this, you are opening your port 80 to any
connection,that is bottom line.

If you look at i on a 'grande' scale it aint such a big deal, for some
people it would be seen as a no, but then how many sites do you see
running Only SSL clients? Not many.... it all depends on who you want
to attract.
My opinion - depending on your confidence in your own web skills, and
your familiarity with apache itself i would use it and monitor port 80
alot more than previous, also note your traffice will most likely
increase.
As for actual exploitations, i cannot disclose that information
simply, but it will always be vulnerable without a vigilant web admin
anyhow, i say go for it.
Regards,
Drew.

On 5/14/05, Joe Schmoe <non_secure at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I built apache+openssl+mod_ssl.  It is working fine,
> and I have been starting the server with:
> 
> apachectl startssl
> 
> Recently, however, I have decided that I will not be
> doing anything over https (for a while, at least) with
> this web server, so for security reasons, I want to
> only run on port 80.
> 
> So now I start the server with:
> 
> apachectl start
> 
> And it runs without SSL.  My question is, is starting
> the SSl enabled apache like this, and running it
> without SSL exactly the same security-wise as running
> a copy of apache without SSL at all ?  That is, SSL
> libraries, etc., can have vulnerabilities in them, and
> am I still vulnerable to those problems even if I am
> running only on port 80 ?
> 
> What kinds of attacks might I _not_ be insulating
> myself against by simply not running SSL, vs.
> reinstalling without it ?
> 
> thanks,
> 
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Drew B.
Independant Security analysis,for Aussies.
Security researcher/expert,threat-focus,Freelance.