Apache2 mod_deflate
The mod_deflate module provides the DEFLATE output filter that allows output from your server to be compressed before being sent to the client over the network.
Lazy man's description, your pages load quicker.
Add the following code to your httpd.conf
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI .(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$
no-gzip dont-vary
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI
.(?:exe|t?gz|zip|bz2|sit|rar)$
no-gzip dont-vary
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI .pdf$ no-gzip dont-vary
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
I like to log things for no real reason
DeflateFilterNote Input instream
DeflateFilterNote Output outstream
DeflateFilterNote Ratio ratio
LogFormat '"%r" %{outstream}n/%{instream}n (%{ratio}n%%)' deflate
CustomLog logs/deflate_log deflate
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