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- Apache 1.3.23 Released
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- The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are
- pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.23 of the Apache HTTP
- server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.23.
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- This version of Apache is principally a security fix release which
- closes some problems where a directory listing could be obtained
- instead of the default index page. A summary of the bug fixes and major
- new features is given at the end of this document.
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- We consider Apache 1.3.23 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 1.3.23 is available for download from
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- http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/
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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://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/
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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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- As of Apache 1.3.17, Win32 binary distributions are now based on the
- Microsoft Installer (.MSI) technology. This change occurred in order to
- resolve the many problems WinME and Win2K users experienced with the
- older InstallShield-based installer.exe file. While development
- continues to make this new installation method more robust, questions
- should be directed at the news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows
- newsgroup.
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- As of Apache 1.3.12 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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- For an overview of new features introduced after 1.2 please see
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- http://httpd.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 NT and 2000 (which
- fall under the "Win32" label), OS2, Netware, and TPE threaded
- platforms.
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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 the levels of the Unix
- version, but is of acceptable quality. Win32 stability or security
- problems do not reflect on the Unix version.
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- Apache 1.3.23 Major changes
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- Security vulnerabilities
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- * None addressed.
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- New features
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- The main new features in 1.3.23 (compared to 1.3.22) are:
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- * HTTP/1.1 support for mod_proxy.
- * Other mod_proxy improvements.
- * The new 'FileETag' directive to allow one to build the
- format of the ETag via runtime directives.
- * Addition of a 'filter callback' function to enable modules to
- intercept the output byte stream for dynamic page caching.
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- New features that relate to specific platforms:
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- * Use "httpready" accept filter rather than "dataready"
- on post 4.1.1-RELEASE versions of FreeBSD.
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- Bugs fixed
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- The following bugs were found in Apache 1.3.22 and have been fixed in
- Apache 1.3.23:
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- * Fix incorrect "Content-Length" header in the 416 response.
- * Revert mod_negotation's handling of path_info and query_args
- to the 1.3.20 behavior (PRs: 8628, 8582, 8538).
- * Prevent an Apache module from being loaded or added twice due
- to duplicate LoadModule or AddModule directives.
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- The following bugs relate to specific platforms:
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- * Fixed the access forbidden problem when requesting an empty directory
- on Netware.
- * Do not kill the child process when accept() returns ENOBUFS on
- HPUX 11.*
- * A default locking mechanism has been defined for Unixware 7.0 and later.
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