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New features with this release, as extensions of the Apache functionality
! (see also more detailed CHANGES file) in the source directory. For more
! information, see http://www.apache.org/docs/1.1/
In addition to a number of bug fixes and internal performance
! enhancements, Apache 1.1 has the following specific new user
features:
! *) Caching Proxy Server
! Apache can now act as an HTTP proxy server, allowing clients
! behind firewalls to use the server to access the outside world. In
! addition, it can cache documents it proxies, speeding up access to
! frequently requested documents.
!
! *) Filetype-based Script "Actions"
! You can now run CGI scripts whenever a file of a certion type is
! requested. Makes it much easier to execute scripts that process
! files.
!
! *) Support for Keep-Alive Persistent Connections
! Apache now has (optional) support for persistent connections, as
! defined by the HTTP/1.1 draft. This protocol, supported by a
! number of current HTTP servers and browsers (including Netscape
! Navigator 2.0) has been shown to increase speed of document
! transfer by up to 50% in certain cases.
!
! *) Customizable CGI Environment Variables (not in this release)
! New PassEnv and SetEnv directives allow you to modify the
! environment variables passed to CGI scripts
!
! *) CERN Metafile Support
! Now emulates the CERN httpd's support for metafiles containing
! additional HTTP headers to be supplied with a document.
!
! *) Redirect Now Usable in .htaccess Files
! The Redirect directive can now be used in .htaccess files when the
! FileInfo directive has been set on. This allows users to redirect
! parts of their directories without requiring CGI scripts
!
! *) Improved UserDir Directive (not in this release)
! Now supports the ability to point user's files (as specificed by
! URLs beginning with the "~" character) at directories other than
! those specified by the Unix password file.
!
! *) Minimal DNS Now Runtime Option
! New HostnameLookups server configuration directive can be used to
! turn On or Off DNS lookups. This supercedes the -DMINIMAL_DNS
! compile-time configuration option.
!
! *) Listen to Multiple Addresses and Ports
! Using the new Listen directive, Apache can listen to more than one
! port and IP address, using the same configuration set.
!
! *) Anonymous HTTP Logins
! New options allow you to allow, using Basic HTTP Authentication,
! anonymous logins, like those of FTP. This allows you to collect
! email addresses of people accessing your site.
!
! *) File Owner Avialable to Included CGI Scripts
! Server-side includes that call CGI scripts will now set a
! USER_NAME environment variable that contains the owner of the file
! which included it.
!
! *) Improved Icons
! Thanks to Kevin Hughes, Apache's nifty color GIF icons for
! directory listings have been updated. In addition, the Powered by
! Apache (apache_pb.gif) logo has been included.
!
! *) Log Rotation
! New support utility to allow log rotation without shutting down the
! server. See support/rotatelogs.c.
!
! NEW AUTHENTICATION MODULES:
!
! Note: These modules are not compiled into the server by default, as
! they require special support on the host system. They must be enabled
! specifically in the Configuration file.
!
! *) Support for Unix DB Authentication - mod_db.c
! In addition to DBM support, Apache now contains optional support
! for Berkeley DB databases.
!
! *) mSQL Database Authentication - mod_auth_msql.html
! Support for the use of mSQL databases for user authentication via
! HTTP is now supported.
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+ OVERVIEW OF NEW FEATURES IN APACHE 1.2
+
New features with this release, as extensions of the Apache functionality
! For more information, see the documentation included with this release
! (htdocs/manual/) or http://www.apache.org/docs/
In addition to a number of bug fixes and internal performance
! enhancements, Apache 1.2 has the following specific new user
features:
!
! *) HTTP/1.1 Compliance
! Apache (except for the optional proxy) is fully compliant with the
! new HTTP/1.1 standard, as ratified by the IETF HTTP working group.
! HTTP/1.1 provides a much-improved protocol, and should allow for
! greater performance and efficiency when transfering files. Apache
! does, however, still work great with HTTP/1.0 browsers.
!
! *) eXtended Server Side Includes (XSSI)
! A new set of server-side include directives allows the user to
! better create WWW pages. This includes number of powerful new
! features, such as the ability to set variables and use conditional
! HTML.
!
! *) File-based and Regex-enabled Directive Sections
! The new <Files> section allows directives to be enabled based on
! full filename, not just directory and URL. In addition, <Files>
! sections can appear in .htaccess files. <Files>, along with
! <Directory> and <Location>, can also now be based on regular
! expressions, not just simple prefix matching.
!
! *) Browser-based Environment Variables
! Environment variables can now be set based on the User-Agent
! string of the browser. Combined with XSSI, this allows you to
! write browser-based conditional HTML documents.
!
! *) SetUID CGI Execution Apache now supports the execution of CGI
! scripts as users other than the server user. A number of security
! checks are built in to try and make this as safe as possible.
!
! *) URL Rewriting Module
! The optional mod_rewrite module is now included. This module can
! provide powerful URL mapping, using regular expressions. There's
! nothing this module can't do!
!
! *) Optional FastCGI Module Included
! FastCGI is a high-performance alternative to CGI. FastCGI gets its
! speed by having the Web server keep the application processes
! running between requests. So, unlike CGI, you do not have the
! overhead of starting up a new process and doing application
! initialization (e.g. connecting to a database) each time somebody
! requests a document. The processes start up with the Web server
! and keep on running.
!
! *) Enhanced, Configurable Logging
! The optional mod_log_config included with earlier versions of
! Apache is now standard, and has been enhanced to allow logging of
! much more detail about the transaction, and can be used to open
! more than one log at once (each of which can have a different log
! format).
!
! *) User Tracking (Cookies) Revisions
! The mod_cookies included with previous versions of Apache has been
! renamed mod_usertrack, to more accurately reflect its function
! (some people inadvertantely thought it enabled cookie support in
! Apache, which is not true - Apache supports the use of cookies
! directly). It is also now possible to disable the generation of
! cookies, even when the cookie module is compiled in. Also, an
! expiry time can be set on the cookies.
!
! *) Multiple IPs in <VirtualHost>
! The <VirtualHost> directive can now take more than one IP address
! or hostname. This lets a single vhost handles requests for
! multiple IPs or hostnames.
!
! *) CGI Debugging Environment
! ScriptLog allows you to now set up a log that records all input
! and output to failed CGI scripts. This includes environment
! variables, input headers, POST data, output, and more. This makes
! CGI scripts much easier to debug.
!
! *) Resource Limits for CGI Scripts
! New directives allow the limiting of resources used by CGI scripts
! (e.g. max CPU time). This is helpful in preventing 'runaway' CGI
! processes.
!
! *) Redirect Directive Can Returns Additional Statuses
! The Redirect directive can return permanent or temporary
! redirectes, "Gone" or "See Other" HTTP statuses. For
! NCSA-compatability, RedirectTemp and RedirectPermanent are also
! implemented.
!
! *) Graceful Restarts
! Apache can re-read the config files and re-open log files without
! terminating transactions in progress.
!
! *) Simplified Compliation
! The process of configuring Apache for compilation has been
! simplified.
!
! *) Add or Remove Options
! The Optionsdirective can now add or remove options from those
! currently in force, rather than always replacing them.
!
! *) Command-line Help
! The -h command-line option now lists all the available directives.
!
! *) Optional Headers Module to Set or Remove HTTP Headers
! The optional mod_headers module can be used to set custom headers
! in the HTTP response. It can append to existing headers, replace
! them, or remove headers from the response.
!
! *) Conditional Config Directives
! A new <IfModule> section allows directives to be enabled only if a
! given module is loaded into the server.
!
! *) Authorization Directives Now Use NCSA-style Syntax
! The AuthUserFile, AuthGroupFile and AuthDigestFile commands now
! have a syntax compatible with the NCSA server.
!
! *) Optional proxy module
! An improved FTP, HTTP, and CONNECT mode SSL proxy is included with
! Apache 1.2. Some of the changes visible to users:
!
! - Improved FTP proxy supporting PASV mode
! - NoProxy directive for excluding sites to proxy
! - CONNECT mode ports are configurable from a list
! - NoCache * directive for disabling proxy caching
! - Numerous bug fixes
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*** README 1996/11/03 20:57:24 1.7
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*** 1,5 ****
Apache
! Version 1.1 (and up)
What is it?
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Apache
! Version 1.2 (and up)
What is it?
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Documentation
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! All the documentation is on-line on the WWW, via
<URL:http://www.apache.org/>.
Installation
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Documentation
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! The documentation available as of the date of this release is also
! included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory. For the
! most up-to-date documentation, visit us on the WWW, at
! <URL:http://www.apache.org/>.
Installation
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Details of the latest version are in the apache project page (above).
-
- NOTE: At the time of release of Apache 1.1, two modules had updated
- versions which were not sufficiently tested for inclusion into the 1.1
- distribution: mod_auth_msql and mod_cern_meta. The newer versions are
- available from http://www.apache.org/dist/contrib/modules/ - if you
- plan on using this functionality we encourage you to give the newer
- modules a test drive, and let us know of any problems. In particular,
- mod_cern_meta is now configurable per-directory, and the configuration
- directives have changed. We can not promise that the existing
- configuration directives provided by the mod_cern_meta included in the
- distribution will be supported in the future.
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