C++ https libraries

Summary

LIBRARY	ab MB/sec	ab pages/sec	SSL LABS SCORE	EASE	WS?	COMMENTS
apache			A	3	N	need to write a module, apache remains in charge of message loop (unacceptable)
libwebsockets				7	Y
proxygen				7		only easy on ubuntu 14.04; huge kitchen sink of helpers
Simple-Web-Server			B	10	Y	websockets in a seperate compatible project; may be able to leverage asio to improve score (capped by RC4); no forward secrecy; needed to provide better CRT chain (that's on me)
websocketpp						uses asio, specifies a "modern" mode that only allows TSL1.2
mongoose				3		messy ton of hand-crafted portability C code scared me off
onion						looks like a strong C lib
[http://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/ libmicrohttpd						GNU c lib, not sure it supports modern algos, check score...

websocketpp

To install:

# on bitpost
m@bitpost ~/development $ git clone --bare --shared --mirror git@github.com:zaphoyd/websocketpp.git

# on melange or other client

# Fix up boost if you installed it with my normal install scripts,
# because the lib is going to look in hardcoded (boost)/stage/lib
cd ~/development/boost_1_61_0/stage
ln -s ../lib . 

cd ~/development
git clone bitpost.com:development/websocketpp
cd websocketpp
sudo apt-get install scons
export BOOST_ROOT=/home/m/development/boost_1_61_0
scons -j 4