CHANGES revision f06b21f2e2bf8f1e38cbec34ec9a9a2941c640e2
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholesChanges with Apache 2.5.0
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg *) mod_ssl: Fix config merging of SSLOCSPEnable and SSLOCSPOverrideResponder.
28141ccf4644e2f75835d9ad1b21fa9a66856712bnicholes [Jeff Trawick]
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg *) Add HttpContentLengthHeadZero and HttpExpectStrict directives.
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg [Yehuda Sadeh <yehuda inktank com>, Justin Erenkrantz]
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg *) core: Support named groups and backreferences within the LocationMatch,
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg DirectoryMatch, FilesMatch and ProxyMatch directives. [Graham Leggett]
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) mod_ssl: Remove the hardcoded algorithm-type dependency for the
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile directives, to enable
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes future algorithm agility, and deprecate the SSLCertificateChainFile
8b96b30e820f9bf092944b15cf1d696a6c0d7f1abnicholes directive (obsoleted by SSLCertificateFile). [Kaspar Brand]
3b93c1730672ca38057df4177b8384875ab5973fbnicholes
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) FreeBSD: Disable IPv4-mapped listening sockets by default for versions
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes 5+ instead of just for FreeBSD 5. PR 53824. [Jeff Trawick]
420bfee669b4ac21320f24c5d92e9857866b710ebnicholes
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) mod_auth_form: Add a debug message when the fields on a form are not
bbfffb4303e53b4700351e33848d86ac808fdccbbnicholes recognised. [Graham Leggett]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
c9ce2b84cc0bf2caa39be615eb06f7a9b68378d5bnicholes *) mod_ssl: Add -t -DDUMP_CA_CERTS option which dumps the filenames of all
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes configured SSL CA certificates to stdout the same way as DUMP_CERTS does.
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes [Jan Kaluza]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
b2c35a9228d0e6124aec1ed434cee3cb1ef107c3bnicholes *) mod_cache_disk: Fix potential hangs on Windows when using mod_cache_disk.
574a3e83dacc1e5bd4390203a7f7df038bccf65dbnicholes PR55833. [Eric Covener]
89f81be0fc69c0db7e6afa2b69477ae4fcb4e631fuankg
789323e78ca589d6e00e8f264bf2504922aa9f29fuankg *) mod_headers: Allow the "value" parameter of Header and RequestHeader to
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg contain an ap_expr expression if prefixed with "expr=". [Eric Covener]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
b0827492bc89f04870db952fa9b940e76c975489bnicholes *) Add suspend_connection and resume_connection hooks to notify modules
b0827492bc89f04870db952fa9b940e76c975489bnicholes when the thread/connection relationship changes. (Currently implemented
b0827492bc89f04870db952fa9b940e76c975489bnicholes only for the Event MPM; should be implemented for all async MPMs.)
b0827492bc89f04870db952fa9b940e76c975489bnicholes [Jeff Trawick]
b0827492bc89f04870db952fa9b940e76c975489bnicholes
b0827492bc89f04870db952fa9b940e76c975489bnicholes *) mod_ssl: Don't flush when an EOS is received. Prepares mod_ssl
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg to support write completion. [Graham Leggett]
e20582be16ea9e675d97f9fd93560e4de39440e7fuankg
e76fdcdfb8994ad70776526f50fa013b3e9a6033bnicholes *) prefork: Fix long delays when doing a graceful restart.
e76fdcdfb8994ad70776526f50fa013b3e9a6033bnicholes PR 54852 [Jim Jagielski, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm maven pl>]
e76fdcdfb8994ad70776526f50fa013b3e9a6033bnicholes
e76fdcdfb8994ad70776526f50fa013b3e9a6033bnicholes *) core: Add parse_errorlog_arg callback to ap_errorlog_provider
e76fdcdfb8994ad70776526f50fa013b3e9a6033bnicholes to allow providers to check the ErrorLog argument. [Jan Kaluza]
b0827492bc89f04870db952fa9b940e76c975489bnicholes
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg *) core: Detect incomplete body in HTTP input filter and return
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg APR_INCOMPLETE. PR 55475 [Yann Ylavic <ylavic dev gmail com>]
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg *) mod_cgid: Use the servers Timeout for each read from a CGI script,
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg allow override with new CGIDRequestTimeout directive. PR43494
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg [Eric Covener, Toshikuni Fukaya <toshikuni-fukaya cybozu co jp>]
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg
e0513b8c4b6594e7d63f386b7889e9c3cae43dd6fuankg *) core: Add missing Reason-Phrase in HTTP response headers.
4ffe9d32f1047646da859855061c8d43819f6bd2bnicholes PR 54946. [Rainer Jung]
4ffe9d32f1047646da859855061c8d43819f6bd2bnicholes
4ffe9d32f1047646da859855061c8d43819f6bd2bnicholes *) core: ensure any abnormal exit is reported to stderr if it's a tty.
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg PR 55670 [Nick Kew]
4ffe9d32f1047646da859855061c8d43819f6bd2bnicholes
4ffe9d32f1047646da859855061c8d43819f6bd2bnicholes *) mod_proxy: Added support for unix domain sockets as the
9343665552d0106c3296addc95552f44c496c6eebnicholes backend server endpoint [Jim Jagielski, Blaise Tarr
58608d1d2acd188b5f04e256618a341416e086cdbnicholes <blaise tarr gmail com>]
58608d1d2acd188b5f04e256618a341416e086cdbnicholes
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg *) mod_auth_form: Make sure the optional functions are loaded even when
58608d1d2acd188b5f04e256618a341416e086cdbnicholes the AuthFormProvider isn't specified. [Graham Leggett]
58608d1d2acd188b5f04e256618a341416e086cdbnicholes
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg *) mod_lua: Let the Inter-VM get/set functions work with a global
28870faaa28b18fbd520eae339925a0334521d5fbnicholes shared memory pool instead of a per-process pool. [Daniel Gruno]
0f488df653e7e8cf4ee0006a3138f9474ca1d375wrowe
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg *) ldap: Support ldaps when using the Microsoft LDAP SDK.
28870faaa28b18fbd520eae339925a0334521d5fbnicholes PR 54626. [Jean-Frederic Clere]
28870faaa28b18fbd520eae339925a0334521d5fbnicholes
1e9b595f5397e65851da9dd31f654428492db015fuankg *) mod_proxy: Add ap_connection_reusable() for checking if a connection
1e9b595f5397e65851da9dd31f654428492db015fuankg is reusable as of this point in processing. [Jeff Trawick]
1e9b595f5397e65851da9dd31f654428492db015fuankg
1e9b595f5397e65851da9dd31f654428492db015fuankg *) mod_authnz_ldap: Change default value of AuthLDAPMaxSubGroupDepth to 0
1e9b595f5397e65851da9dd31f654428492db015fuankg to avoid performance problems when subgroups aren't in use. [Eric Covener]
1e9b595f5397e65851da9dd31f654428492db015fuankg
58608d1d2acd188b5f04e256618a341416e086cdbnicholes *) mod_syslog: New module implementing syslog ap_error_log provider.
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes Previously, this code was part of core, now it's in separate module.
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes [Jan Kaluza]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) core: Add ap_errorlog_provider to make ErrorLog logging modular. Move
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes syslog support from core to new mod_syslog. [Jan Kaluza]
0662ed52e814f8f08ef0e09956413a792584eddffuankg
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) core: draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-23 corrections regarding
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes TE/CL conflicts. [Yann Ylavic <ylavic.dev gmail com>, Jim Jagielski]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) mod_proxy_fcgi: Use apr_socket_timeout_get instead of hard-coded
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg 30 seconds timeout. [Jan Kaluza]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) WinNT MPM: If ap_run_pre_connection() fails or sets c->aborted, don't
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes save the socket for reuse by the next worker as if it were an
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes APR_SO_DISCONNECTED socket. Restores 2.2 behavior. [Eric Covener]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) mod_lua: Add a logging hook for modifying/skipping logs. [Daniel Gruno]
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes
bb2b38cd44b032118359afbc743efbea12f48e61bnicholes *) mod_status, mod_echo: Fix the display of client addresses.
cf6ce969525bc8478dee20737ef3b884dc46c43afuankg They were truncated to 31 characters which is not enough for IPv6 addresses.
PR 54848 [Bernhard Schmidt <berni birkenwald de>]
*) mod_lua: If the first yield() of a LuaOutputFilter returns a string, it should
be prefixed to the response as documented. [Eric Covener]
*) mod_lua: Remove ETAG, Content-Length, and Content-MD5 when a LuaOutputFilter
is configured without mod_filter. [Eric Covener]
*) mod_lua: Register LuaOutputFilter scripts as changing the content and
content-length by default, when run my mod_filter. Previously,
growing or shrinking a response that started with Content-Length set
would require mod_filter and FilterProtocol change=yes. [Eric Covener]
*) mod_lua: Return a 500 error if a LuaHook* script doesn't return a
numeric return code. [Eric Covener]
*) mod_authnz_fcgi: New module to enable FastCGI authorizer
applications to authenticate and/or authorize clients.
[Jeff Trawick]
*) core: Add ap_log_data(), ap_log_rdata(), etc. for logging buffers.
[Jeff Trawick]
*) mod_unique_id: Use output of the PRNG rather than IP address and
pid, avoiding sleep() call and possible DNS issues at startup,
plus improving randomness for IPv6-only hosts.
[Jan Kaluza <jkaluza redhat.com>]
*) mod_authnz_ldap: Support primitive LDAP servers that do not accept
filters, such as "SDBM-backed LDAP" on z/OS, by allowing a special
filter "none" to be specified in AuthLDAPURL. [Eric Covener]
*) mod_file_cache: mod_file_cache should be able to serve files that
haven't had a Content-Type set via e.g. mod_mime. [Eric Covener]
*) core: merge AllowEncodedSlashes from the base configuration into
virtual hosts. [Eric Covener]
*) AIX: Install DSO's with "cp" instead of "install" in instdso.sh
[Eric Covener]
*) mod_ldap: Don't keep retrying if a new LDAP connection times out.
[Eric Covener]
*) mod_deflate: permit compilation of mod_deflate against a zlib that has
been configured with -D Z_PREFIX, which redefines the token "deflate".
[Eric Covener]
*) mod_socache_shmcb.c: Remove arbitrary restriction on shared memory size
previously limited to 64MB. [Jens Låås <jelaas gmail.com>]
*) mod_auth_digest: Use the secret when generating nonces in all cases and
not only when AuthName is used in .htaccess files (this change may cause
problems if used with round robin load balancers). Don't regenerate the
secret on graceful restarts. PR 54637 [Stefan Fritsch]
*) core: Remove apr_brigade_flatten(), buffering and duplicated code
from the HTTP_IN filter, parse chunks in a single pass with zero copy.
Reduce memory usage by 48 bytes per request. [Graham Leggett]
*) core: Stop the HTTP_IN filter from attempting to write error buckets
to the output filters, which is bogus in the proxy case. Create a
clean mapping from APR codes to HTTP status codes, and use it where
needed. [Graham Leggett]
*) mod_proxy: Ensure network errors detected by the proxy are returned as
504 Gateway Timout as opposed to 502 Bad Gateway, in order to be
compliant with RFC2616 14.9.4 Cache Revalidation and Reload Controls.
*) mod_dav: mod_dav overrides dav_fs response on PUT failure. PR 35981
[Basant Kumar Kukreja <basant.kukreja sun.com>, Alejandro Alvarez
<alejandro.alvarez.ayllon cern.ch>]
*) core, mod_ssl: Enable the ability for a module to reverse the sense of
a poll event from a read to a write or vice versa. This is a step on
the way to allow mod_ssl taking full advantage of the event MPM.
[Graham Leggett]
*) mod_ldap: LDAP connections used for authentication were not respecting
LDAPConnectionPoolTimeout. PR 54587
*) core: ap_rgetline_core now pulls from r->proto_input_filters.
*) mod_proxy_html: process parsed comments immediately.
Fixes bug where parsed comments may be lost. [Nick Kew]
*) mod_proxy_html: introduce doctype for HTML 5 [Nick Kew]
*) mod_proxy_html: fix typo-bug processing "strict" vs "transitional"
HTML/XHTML [Nick Kew]
*) core: Add option to add valgrind support. Use it to reduce false positive
warnings in mod_ssl. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) mod_authn_file, mod_authn_dbd, mod_authn_dbm, mod_authn_socache:
Cache the result of the most recent password hash verification for every
keep-alive connection. This saves some expensive calculations.
[Stefan Fritsch]
*) http: Remove support for Request-Range header sent by Navigator 2-3 and
MSIE 3. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) core, http: Extend HttpProtocol with an option to enforce stricter HTTP
conformance or to only log the found problems. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) core: Correctly parse an IPv6 literal host specification in an absolute
URL in the request line. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) mod_ssl: Add support for OpenSSL configuration commands [Stephen Henson]
*) EventOpt MPM
*) core: Add LogLevelOverride directive that allows to override the
loglevel for clients from certain IPs. This also works for things
like the SSL handshake where <If> LogLevel ... </If> is evaluated
too late. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) core: Add new directive Warning to issue warnings from a configuration
file. Both Warning and Error now generate a timestamped log message.
[Fabien Coelho]
*) ap_expr: Add SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION, ..._MAJOR, and ..._MINOR
variables. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) core: New directive RegisterHttpMethod for registering non-standard
HTTP methods. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) core: New directive HttpProtocol which allows to disable HTTP/0.9
support. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) mod_allowhandlers: New module to forbid specific handlers for specific
directories. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) mod_systemd: New module, for integration with systemd on Linux.
[Jan Kaluza <jkaluza redhat.com>]
*) WinNT MPM: Store pid and generation for each thread in scoreboard
to allow tracking of threads from exiting children via mod_status
or other such mechanisms. [Jeff Trawick]
*) The following now respect DefaultRuntimeDir/DEFAULT_REL_RUNTIMEDIR:
- APIs: ap_log_pid(), ap_remove_pid, ap_read_pid()
- core: the scoreboard (ScoreBoardFile), pid file (PidFile), and
mutexes (Mutex)
- mod_cache: thundering herd lock directory
- mod_lbmethod_heartbeat, mod_heartmonitor: heartbeat storage file
- mod_ldap: shared memory cache
- mod_socache_shmcb, mod_socache_dbm: shared memory or dbm for cache
[Jeff Trawick]
*) suexec: Add --enable-suexec-capabilites support on Linux, to use
setuid/setgid capability bits rather than a setuid root binary.
[Joe Orton]
*) suexec: Add support for logging to syslog as an alternative to logging
to a file; configure --without-suexec-logfile --with-suexec-syslog.
[Joe Orton]
*) mod_ssl: Add support for TLS Next Protocol Negotiation. PR 52210.
[Matthew Steele <mdsteele google.com>]
*) cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will
be compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
PR 51257. [Guenter Knauf]
*) core: In maintainer mode, replace apr_palloc with a version that
initializes the allocated memory with non-zero values, except if
AP_DEBUG_NO_ALLOC_POISON is defined. [Stefan Fritsch]
*) mod_policy: Add a new testing module to help server administrators
enforce a configurable level of protocol compliance on their
servers and application servers behind theirs. [Graham Leggett]
*) mod_firehose: Add a new debugging module able to record traffic
passing through the server in such a way that connections and/or
requests be reconstructed and replayed. [Graham Leggett]
*) mod_noloris
*) APREQ
*) Simple MPM
*) mod_serf
[Apache 2.5.0-dev includes those bug fixes and changes with the
Apache 2.4.xx tree as documented below, except as noted.]
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