C++ https libraries

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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
libmicrohttpd GNU c lib, not sure it supports modern algos, check score...
[1] 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

proxygen

libwebsockets