---------------------------------------------------------------------- mod_perl digest February 25, 2001 - March 3, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Recent happenings in the mod_perl world... Features o mod_perl status o module announcements o mailing list highlights o links mod_perl status o mod_perl - stable: 1.25 (released January 29, 2001) [1] - development: 1.25_01-dev [2] o Apache - stable: 1.3.19 (released February 28, 2001) [3] - development: 1.3.20-dev [4] o Perl - stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5] - development: 5.7 [6] module announcements o Apache-AuthzCache 0.04 - work with a mod_perl authorization module to provide caching of group membership [7] o Apache-ProxyRewrite 0.12 - a reverse-proxy that will rewrite URLs embedded in HTML documents [8] mailing list highlights o There were a few non-mod_perl modules announced to the list this week: - OpenInteract 1.06, an extensible web application framework built on Apache, mod_perl, Template Toolkit and SPOPS [9] - mod_proxy_add_forward.c [10] - MLDBM::Sync, a locking wrapper around MLDBM [11] o An interesting thread on using shared memory with mod_perl [12] o For users of lingerd, there is now a patch that allows you to build lingerd with mod_ssl [13] o There is a call for articles for take23.org [14] o Development on mod_perl 2.0 seems to be progressing well: 51 patches this week! news o Apache 1.3.19 was released this week [15]. New features of note: - Apache will now get the correct IP address if ServerName is not set and Apache cannot find a fully-qualified domain name at startup. - Restore functionality broken by the mod_rewrite security fix: The mod_rewrite string arithmetic is corrected for rewrite map - Under certain circumstances, Apache did not supply the right response headers when requiring authentication - More Windows and NetWare patches than you can shake a stick at see Changes [16] for a full list of new features and bug fixes o Netcraft February statistics Apache 59.99% IIS 19.64% [17] o Security Space February statistics Apache 58.19% IIS 28.71% [18] 12.01% (178,713) of Apache servers are running mod_perl [19] links o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [20] o mod_perl documentation [21] o mod_perl modules on CPAN [22] o mod_perl homepage [23] o mod_perl news and advocacy [24] o mod_perl list archives [25] [26] happy mod_perling... --Geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] http://perl.apache.org/dist/ [2] http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/modperl/ [3] http://www.apache.org/dist/ [4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/ [5] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#stable [6] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#devel [7] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/vingcrahserd [8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/langswerstoi [9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phulworcly [10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/glarbermzhy [11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/quermhingblel [12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/twerdgraxclimp [13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/whimphahbrum [14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/zhoglulgrol [15] http://take23.org/news/2001/02/28/apache.xml [16] http://www.apache.org/dist/CHANGES_1.3 [17] http://www.netcraft.com/survey/ [18] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/index.html [19] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200102/apachemods.html [20] http://perl.apache.org [21] http://perl.apache.org/#docs [22] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/ [23] http://www.modperl.com [24] http://www.take23.org [25] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/ [26] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2