2086N/A *) Suppress formatting of startup messages written to the console when
2086N/A ErrorLogFormat is used. [Jeff Trawick]
2086N/A *) mod_authnz_ldap: Change default value of AuthLDAPMaxSubGroupDepth to 0
2086N/A to avoid performance problems when subgroups aren't in use. [Eric Covener]
2086N/A *) mod_syslog: New module implementing syslog ap_error_log provider.
2086N/A Previously, this code was part of core, now it's in separate module.
2086N/A *) core: Add ap_errorlog_provider to make ErrorLog logging modular. Move
2086N/A syslog support from core to new mod_syslog. [Jan Kaluza]
2086N/A *) mod_proxy_fcgi: Handle reading protocol data that is split between
2086N/A *) mod_proxy_fcgi: Remove 64K limit on encoded length of all envvars.
2086N/A An individual envvar with an encoded length of more than 16K will be
2086N/A *) core: draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-23 corrections regarding
2086N/A *) mod_proxy_fcgi: Use apr_socket_timeout_get instead of hard-coded
2086N/A 30 seconds timeout. [Jan Kaluza]
2086N/A *) WinNT MPM: If ap_run_pre_connection() fails or sets c->aborted, don't
2086N/A save the socket for reuse by the next worker as if it were an
2086N/A APR_SO_DISCONNECTED socket. Restores 2.2 behavior. [Eric Covener]
2086N/A *) mod_cache: Avoid a crash with strcmp() when the hostname is not provided.
2086N/A *) mod_lua: Add rudimentary support for WebSocket interaction. This is
2086N/A currently request-bound and only supports the WS protocol. [Daniel Gruno]
2086N/A *) WinNT MPM: Don't crash during child process initialization if the
2086N/A Listen protocol is unrecognized. [Jeff Trawick]
2086N/A *) mod_status, mod_echo: Fix the display of client addresses.
2086N/A They were truncated to 31 characters which is not enough for IPv6 addresses.
2086N/A PR 54848 [Bernhard Schmidt <berni birkenwald de>]
2940N/A *) mod_lua: If the first yield() of a LuaOutputFilter returns a string, it should
2940N/A be prefixed to the response as documented. [Eric Covener]
2940N/A *) mod_lua: Remove ETAG, Content-Length, and Content-MD5 when a LuaOutputFilter
2940N/A is configured without mod_filter. [Eric Covener]
2086N/A *) mod_lua: Register LuaOutputFilter scripts as changing the content and
2086N/A content-length by default, when run my mod_filter. Previously,
2086N/A growing or shrinking a response that started with Content-Length set
2086N/A would require mod_filter and FilterProtocol change=yes. [Eric Covnener]
2940N/A *) mod_lua: Return a 500 error if a LuaHook* script doesn't return a
2086N/A numeric return code. [Eric Covener]
2940N/A *) Add experimental cmake-based build system for Windows. [Jeff Trawick,
2940N/A *) mod_authnz_fcgi: New module to enable FastCGI authorizer
2086N/A *) mod_auth_basic: Add AuthBasicUseDigestAlgorithm directive to
2086N/A allow migration of passwords from digest to basic authentication.
2086N/A routines for FastCGI, based largely on mod_proxy_fcgi.
2086N/A *) core: Add ap_log_data(), ap_log_rdata(), etc. for logging buffers.
2086N/A *) mod_unique_id: Use output of the PRNG rather than IP address and
2086N/A pid, avoiding sleep() call and possible DNS issues at startup,
2940N/A plus improving randomness for IPv6-only hosts.
2086N/A *) mod_authnz_ldap: Support primitive LDAP servers that do not accept
2086N/A filters, such as "SDBM-backed LDAP" on
z/OS, by allowing a special
2086N/A filter "none" to be specified in AuthLDAPURL. [Eric Covener]
2086N/A *) mod_file_cache: mod_file_cache should be able to serve files that
2086N/A haven't had a Content-Type set via
e.g. mod_mime. [Eric Covener]
2086N/A *) core: merge AllowEncodedSlashes from the base configuration into
2940N/A virtual hosts. [Eric Covener]
2086N/A *) mod_ldap: Don't keep retrying if a new LDAP connection times out.
2086N/A *) mod_deflate: permit compilation of mod_deflate against a zlib that has
2086N/A been configured with -D Z_PREFIX, which redefines the token "deflate".
2086N/A *) mod_auth_digest: Use the secret when generating nonces in all cases and
2086N/A not only when AuthName is used in .htaccess files (this change may cause
2086N/A problems if used with round robin load balancers). Don't regenerate the
2086N/A secret on graceful restarts. PR 54637 [Stefan Fritsch]
2086N/A *) ab: Add a new -l parameter in order not to check the length of the responses.
2086N/A This can be usefull with dynamic pages.
2086N/A PR9945, PR27888, PR42040 [<ccikrs1 cranbrook edu>]
2086N/A *) mod_logio: new format-specifier %C (combined) which is the sum of received
2086N/A PR54015 [Christophe Jaillet]
2086N/A *) core: Remove apr_brigade_flatten(), buffering and duplicated code
2086N/A from the HTTP_IN filter, parse chunks in a single pass with zero copy.
2086N/A Reduce memory usage by 48 bytes per request. [Graham Leggett]
2086N/A *) core: Stop the HTTP_IN filter from attempting to write error buckets
2086N/A to the output filters, which is bogus in the proxy case. Create a
2086N/A clean mapping from APR codes to HTTP status codes, and use it where
2086N/A *) mod_proxy: Ensure network errors detected by the proxy are returned as
2086N/A 504 Gateway Timout as opposed to 502 Bad Gateway, in order to be
2086N/A compliant with RFC2616 14.9.4 Cache Revalidation and Reload Controls.
2086N/A *) mod_dav: mod_dav overrides dav_fs response on PUT failure. PR 35981
2086N/A *) core, mod_ssl: Enable the ability for a module to reverse the sense of
2086N/A a poll event from a read to a write or vice versa. This is a step on
2086N/A the way to allow mod_ssl taking full advantage of the event MPM.
2086N/A *) mod_ldap: LDAP connections used for authentication were not respecting
2086N/A LDAPConnectionPoolTimeout. PR 54587
2086N/A *) core: ap_rgetline_core now pulls from r->proto_input_filters.
2086N/A *) mod_proxy_html: process parsed comments immediately.
2086N/A Fixes bug where parsed comments may be lost. [Nick Kew]
2086N/A *) mod_proxy_html: introduce doctype for HTML 5 [Nick Kew]
2086N/A *) mod_proxy_html: fix typo-bug processing "strict" vs "transitional"
2086N/A *) core: Add option to add valgrind support. Use it to reduce false positive
2086N/A warnings in mod_ssl. [Stefan Fritsch]
2086N/A *) mod_authn_file, mod_authn_dbd, mod_authn_dbm, mod_authn_socache:
2086N/A Cache the result of the most recent password hash verification for every
2086N/A keep-alive connection. This saves some expensive calculations.
2713N/A *) http: Remove support for Request-Range header sent by Navigator 2-3 and
2713N/A *) core, http: Extend HttpProtocol with an option to enforce stricter HTTP
2713N/A conformance or to only log the found problems. [Stefan Fritsch]
2713N/A *) core: Correctly parse an IPv6 literal host specification in an absolute
2713N/A URL in the request line. [Stefan Fritsch]
2713N/A *) mod_ssl: Add support for OpenSSL configuration commands [Stephen Henson]
2086N/A *) core: Add LogLevelOverride directive that allows to override the
2086N/A loglevel for clients from certain IPs. This also works for things
2086N/A like the SSL handshake where <If> LogLevel ... </If> is evaluated
2257N/A *) core: Add new directive Warning to issue warnings from a configuration
2257N/A file. Both Warning and Error now generate a timestamped log message.
2257N/A *) ap_expr: Add SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION, ..._MAJOR, and ..._MINOR
2257N/A variables. [Stefan Fritsch]
2257N/A *) core: New directive RegisterHttpMethod for registering non-standard
2257N/A HTTP methods. [Stefan Fritsch]
2257N/A *) core: New directive HttpProtocol which allows to disable HTTP/0.9
2257N/A *) mod_allowhandlers: New module to forbid specific handlers for specific
2257N/A directories. [Stefan Fritsch]
2257N/A *) mod_systemd: New module, for integration with systemd on Linux.
2257N/A *) WinNT MPM: Store pid and generation for each thread in scoreboard
2257N/A to allow tracking of threads from exiting children via mod_status
2257N/A or other such mechanisms. [Jeff Trawick]
2086N/A - APIs: ap_log_pid(), ap_remove_pid, ap_read_pid()
2257N/A - core: the scoreboard (ScoreBoardFile), pid file (PidFile), and
2086N/A - mod_cache: thundering herd lock directory
2086N/A - mod_lbmethod_heartbeat, mod_heartmonitor: heartbeat storage file
2086N/A - mod_ldap: shared memory cache
2086N/A - mod_socache_shmcb, mod_socache_dbm: shared memory or dbm for cache
2257N/A *) suexec: Add --enable-suexec-capabilites support on Linux, to use
2086N/A *) suexec: Add support for logging to syslog as an alternative to logging
2086N/A to a file; configure --without-suexec-logfile --with-suexec-syslog.
2086N/A *) mod_ssl: Add support for TLS Next Protocol Negotiation. PR 52210.
2257N/A *) cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will
2257N/A be compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
2257N/A Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
2086N/A *) core: In maintainer mode, replace apr_palloc with a version that
2086N/A initializes the allocated memory with non-zero values, except if
2086N/A AP_DEBUG_NO_ALLOC_POISON is defined. [Stefan Fritsch]
2086N/A *) mod_policy: Add a new testing module to help server administrators
2086N/A enforce a configurable level of protocol compliance on their
2086N/A servers and application servers behind theirs. [Graham Leggett]
2086N/A *) mod_firehose: Add a new debugging module able to record traffic
2086N/A passing through the server in such a way that connections
and/or 2086N/A requests be reconstructed and replayed. [Graham Leggett]
2086N/A [Apache 2.5.0-dev includes those bug fixes and changes with the
2086N/A Apache
2.4.xx tree as documented below, except as noted.]