Serge, Thanks for your quick reply. I think HTTPS uses the same protocol as HTTP but above ssl. It's still stateless. I am not sure your statement, "HTTPS connections are always active untill client leaves your site". Can you explain more? Many Thanks, Q.Xie --- Serge Dubrouski <sergeyfd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > HTTP is sessionless protocol so it needs KeepAlive > feature to keep TCP > connection active. HTTPS connections are always > active untill client > leaves your site. > > On 10/13/06, Qingshan Xie <xieq_49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi! All, > > > > We have a 2.0.59 HTTPS server on Solaris 8. > After > > I turned on "KeepAlive On" and monitored it by > > mod_status, I did not see any connection in > KeepAlive > > state. Seems keepalive is not applicable on > HTTPS/SSL > > server. Can some one tell me if this is true and > why? > > > > Thx, Q.Xie > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> > for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx