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What is the compression mechanism that mod_deflate in Apache2. Is it gzip or zlib or something else?

  • Complex research about HTTP compression: [Lose the Wait: HTTP Compression](http://zoompf.com/blog/2012/02/lose-the-wait-http-compression "Lose the Wait: HTTP Compression") – Tarquinius Superbus Feb 23 '12 at 11:26

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mod_deflate uses zlib.

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  • Thanks Gumbo, I also found some more literature on this, http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.compression/2007-07/msg00011.html –  Apr 27 '09 at 15:58