Add httpd props file and a READM explaining this.

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+* httpd with ssl
+
+Run httpd using inets. Tell inets what to start by configuring
+'services' in a config file that you pass to erl(1) at startup:
+
+$ cat httpd_inets.config
+[{inets, [{services, [
+                      {httpd, [{proplist_file, "httpd_inets_props.conf"}]}
+                     ]}]}].
+$
+
+Then start erl with `-config httpd_inets'.
+In erl, start inets:
+
+1> inets.start().
+ok
+
+There are two ways to configure the httpd server.
+
+Either configure httpd using a props list with all the httpd arguments:
+
+$ cat httpd_inets_props.conf
+[
+ {port, 8080},
+ {bind_address, {127,0,0,1}},
+ {server_name, "httpd_inets_FQDN"},
+ {server_root, "/tmp/httpd_inets"},
+ {document_root, "/tmp/httpd_inets/docroot"},
+ {socket_type, essl},
+ {ssl_certificate_file, "/tmp/httpd_inets/02.pem"},
+ {ssl_certificate_key_file, "/tmp/httpd_inets/srv1.key"},
+ {ssl_ca_certificate_file, "/tmp/httpd_inets/01.pem"}
+].
+$
+
+In the example config for inets above, this is what will be used.
+
+Or configure httpd using an Apache like configuration file. Configure
+inets to start httpd with {file, "httpd_config"} in
+httpd_inets.config. Here's a config file equivalent to what's seen
+above in the props list:
+
+$ cat httpd_config.OFF
+ServerName httpd_inets_FQDN
+ServerRoot /tmp/httpd_inets
+DocumentRoot /tmp/httpd_inets/docroot
+Port 8080
+SocketType essl
+
+SSLCertificateFile /tmp/httpd_inets/02.pem
+SSLCertificateKeyFile /tmp/httpd_inets/srv1.key
+SSLCACertificateFile /tmp/httpd_inets/01.pem
+$