Enable compressed output, and mod_gzip?

[Cutter]

Please forgive me if this is a silly question, but I have to ask...

How does the "enable compressed output" setting in the forum affect a board running on a server that has zlib, and mod_gzip php file compression?

Is the output compressed twice, and are there any issues/benefits to using both at the same time?

Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.  

[mediman]

the compressmethod that we use will be checked in Subs.php

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// Check if zlib is installed
   if(function_exists("crc32") && function_exists("gzcompress"))
   {
   $encoding = '';
      // if so check what kind of gzipping can be used
      if(strpos(" ".$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "x-gzip"))
         $encoding = "x-gzip";
      elseif(strpos(" ".$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,"gzip"))
         $encoding = "gzip";
btw: there is a security hole with zlib!

[Cutter]

Thanks for the heads up mediman.

Just so people don't get too excited when they read the words "security hole", no exploit is currently known to exist for the vulnerability in zlib.......yet...