[ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9 Released

[Jim Jagielski]

   Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9 Released

   The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project  
are
   pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.9 of the Apache  
HTTP Server
   (Apache).  This version of Apache is principally a bug and  
security fix

   release. The following potential security flaws are addressed:

 * CVE-2008-2364 (cve.mitre.org)
   mod_proxy_http: Better handling of excessive interim responses
   from origin server to prevent potential denial of service and  
high

   memory usage. Reported by Ryujiro Shibuya.

 * CVE-2007-6420 (cve.mitre.org)
   mod_proxy_balancer: Prevent CSRF attacks against the balancer- 
manager

   interface.


   We consider this release to be the best version of Apache  
available, and

   encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.

   Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9 is available for download from:

 http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

   Apache 2.2 offers numerous enhancements, improvements, and  
performance
   boosts over the 2.0 codebase.  For an overview of new features  
introduced

   since 2.0 please see:

 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html

   Please see the CHANGES_2.2 file, linked from the download page,  
for a

   full list of changes.  A condensed list, CHANGES_2.2.9 provides the
   complete list of changes since 2.2.8. A summary of security  
vulnerabilities
   which were addressed in the previous 2.2.8 and earlier releases is  
available:


 http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html

   Apache HTTP Server 1.3.41 and 2.0.63 legacy releases are also  
currently

   available.  See the appropriate CHANGES from the url above.  See the
   corresponding CHANGES files linked from the download page.  The  
Apache

   HTTP Project developers strongly encourage all users to migrate to
   Apache 2.2, as only limited maintenance is performed on these legacy
   versions.

   This release includes the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version  
1.3.0
   bundled with the tar and zip distributions.  The APR libraries  
libapr
   and libaprutil (and on Win32, libapriconv) must all be updated to  
ensure

   binary compatibility and address many known platform bugs.

   This release builds on and extends the Apache 2.0 API.  Modules  
written
   for Apache 2.0 will need to be recompiled in order to run with  
Apache 2.2,

   and require minimal or no source code changes.

 http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/VERSIONING

   When upgrading or installing this version of Apache, please bear  
in mind
   that if you intend to use Apache with one of the threaded MPMs  
(other
   than the Prefork MPM), you must ensure that any modules you will  
be using

   (and the libraries they depend on) are thread-safe.

[ANNOUNCE] JMeter 2.3.2 has been released

[sebb AT ASF]

[To: announce]

The Apache JMeter team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
JMeter 2.3.2 final.

Apache JMeter is a Java application designed to test server applications.
It can be used to:
* generate test loads
* test functional behaviour
* measure performance.
It includes support for protocols such as HTTP(S), JDBC, JMS, FTP, and others.
It can also be extended with user-written code.

See http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/

The release can be downloaded from:

http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cgi

Only the binary archive is needed to run JMeter - there is no need to
download the source archive.

However there are some optional libraries which are not included.
See the Getting Started page for details:
http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/get-started.html

The list of changes can be found at:

http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/changes.html

All users are recommended to upgrade to this release.

Enjoy!
The JMeter team