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- Apache 1.3.6 Released
- =====================
-
- The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of version
- 1.3.6 of the Apache HTTP server.
-
- This new Apache version incorporates over 60 significant improvements
- to the server. Apart from portability and security fixes, documentation
- enhancements, performance improvements, and assorted other minor
- features or fixes notable changes are:
-
- - mod_log_config now supports conditional logging based upon
- environment variables and support for multiline entries.
-
- - New CustomLog directive %V: This logs the hostname according to the
- UseCanonicalName setting (this is the pre-1.3.4 behaviour of %v).
-
- - Enhanced mod_rewrite's mapfile handling: The in-core cache for text
- and DBM format mapfiles now uses a hash table with LRU functionality.
- Furthermore map lookups for non-existent keys are now cached as well.
- The changes drastically improve the performance when large rewrite
- maps are in use.
-
- - Ability to handle DES or MD5 authentication passwords.
-
- - New <LimitExcept> directive to allow the user to assign authentication
- control to any HTTP method that is *not* given in the argument list;
- i.e., the logical negation of the <Limit> directive.
-
- - Improved content negotiation.
-
- - New ScriptInterpreterSource directive to enable searching the
- Win32 registry for script interpreters.
-
- - The FAQ document was reorganised.
-
- - Overhauled ApacheBench benchmark program.
-
- - Several new API functions have been added.
-
- A complete listing with detailed descriptions is provided in the
- src/CHANGES file.
-
- We consider Apache 1.3.6 to be the best version of Apache available and
- we strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of the
- 1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible. No further releases
- will be made in the 1.2.x family.
-
-
- Apache 1.3.6 is available for download from
-
- http://www.apache.org/dist/
-
- Please see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full
- list of changes.
-
- Binary distributions are available from
-
- http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/
-
- As of Apache 1.3.6 binary distributions contain all standard Apache
- modules as shared objects (if supported by the platform) and include
- full source code. Installation is easily done by executing the
- included install script. See the README.bindist and INSTALL.bindist
- files for a complete explanation. Please note that the binary
- distributions are only provided for your convenience and current
- distributions for specific platforms are not always available.
-
- The source and binary distributions are also available via any of the
- mirrors listed at
-
- http://www.apache.org/mirrors/
-
- For an overview of new features in 1.3 please see
-
- http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html
-
- In general, Apache 1.3 offers several substantial improvements
- over version 1.2, including better performance, reliability and a
- wider range of supported platforms, including Windows 95/98 and NT
- (which fall under the "Win32" label).
-
- Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over
- half of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of
- its variants.
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WIN32 USERS: Over the years, many users have
- come to trust Apache as a secure and stable server. It must
- be realized that the current Win32 code has not yet reached these
- levels and should still be considered to be of beta quality. Any
- Win32 stability or security problems do not impact, in any way,
- Apache on other platforms. With the continued donation of time
- and resources by individuals and companies, we hope that the Win32
- version of Apache will grow stronger through the 1.3.x release cycle.
-
-