| Apache 1.3.6 Released |
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| The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of version |
| 1.3.6 of the Apache HTTP server. |
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| 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: |
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| - mod_log_config now supports conditional logging based upon |
| environment variables and support for multiline entries. |
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| - New CustomLog directive %V: This logs the hostname according to the |
| UseCanonicalName setting (this is the pre-1.3.4 behaviour of %v). |
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| - 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. |
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| - Ability to handle DES or MD5 authentication passwords. |
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| - 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. |
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| - Improved content negotiation. |
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| - New ScriptInterpreterSource directive to enable searching the |
| Win32 registry for script interpreters. |
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| - The FAQ document was reorganised. |
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| - Overhauled ApacheBench benchmark program. |
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| - Several new API functions have been added. |
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| A complete listing with detailed descriptions is provided in the |
| src/CHANGES file. |
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| 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. |
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| Apache 1.3.6 is available for download from |
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| http://www.apache.org/dist/ |
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| Please see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full |
| list of changes. |
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| Binary distributions are available from |
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| http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/ |
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| 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. |
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| The source and binary distributions are also available via any of the |
| mirrors listed at |
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| http://www.apache.org/mirrors/ |
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| For an overview of new features in 1.3 please see |
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| http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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