XbitHack - performance issues and security

different / slower than addhandler?

[jamie]

Hi,

finally getting my head around mod_headers and mod_expires. thing is, we use ssi to include page headers and footers and standard nav bars. this means our last modified header doesn't work.

we have noticed no performance hit by adding the line:
AddHandler server-parsed .html .htm .shtml to .htaccess.

however to get full benefit of the last modified, we need to change to XbitHack Full.

does this have any further negative effect on server performance, or is is the same as the AddHandler line?

furthermore, is there any security issue by chmoding all our pages to 744?

many thanks

<added> it's just occurred that every new page i upload then has to be chmodded as well? we put up quite a lot of new content - does any have any experience with this or have a work around?

[robertito62]

I don't know about server performance but what I did notice when I used Xbithack / SSI was that the transfer of PR to inner pages suffered, so I went back to traditional straight linking.

[jamie]

i am thinking along same lines robertito, it means a lot of searching and replacing, but....

cheers

p.s. i am also dreading having to chmod all new pages to the site - the others who upload stuff will love that too - will be co-ord. nightmare