Is SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile read in at start or usage?

[sebastian nielsen <sebastiannielsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

- Im using Apache 2.2.4 with mod_so compiled in -
 
When is the file specified in SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile
being read in? At apache start, or when it needs a certificate in that file?
 
The reason of Im asking this, is because Im setting up a Apache SSL proxy, to be able to virus
scan SSL traffic.
 
But some bank sites require client validation, so Im have decied to make use of templates so the
user is presented with a link to a CGI upload page, when the user visit a page for which apache dosent
have client certificate for. (In other word, when authentication to a site fails)
 
Then this CGI script will load in the SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile PEM file, PEM-encode all uploaded certificates, add them
to the PEM file, and then write that file directly to
the file specified in SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile.
 
And here rises the problem.... Is the SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile file read in at start, or at
each request that requires SSL client certificate....
(If the file is loaded at startup, any changes to that file will not have any effect until next restart)
 
And if that file is being read in at certain events, is it then possibly to force reload of the
SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile file by sending some signal to apache, without restarting apache?

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