October 29, 2003
29 October 2003 - Apache HTTP Server 1.3.29 Released
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.29 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.29 as compared to 1.3.28. The Announcement is also available in German from http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html.de.
This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release. A partial summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this document.
A full listing of changes can be found in the CHANGES file. Of particular note is that 1.3.29 addresses and fixes 1 potential security issue:
o CAN-2003-0542 (cve.mitre.org) Fix buffer overflows in mod_alias and mod_rewrite which occurred if one configured a regular expression with more than 9 captures.
We consider Apache 1.3.29 to be the best version of Apache 1.3 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.
Apache 1.3.29 is available for download from:
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
This service utilizes the network of mirrors listed at:
http://www.apache.org/mirrors/
Please consult the CHANGES_1.3 file for a full list of changes.
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. Win32 binary distributions are based on the Microsoft Installer (.MSI) technology. While development continues to make this installation method more robust, questions should be directed to the news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows newsgroup.
For an overview of new features introduced after 1.2 please see
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html
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 TPF threaded platforms.
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.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APACHE USERS: Apache 1.3 was designed for Unix OS variants. While the ports to non-Unix platforms (such as Win32, Netware or OS2) are of an acceptable quality, Apache 1.3 is not optimized for these platforms. Security, stability, or performance issues on these non-Unix ports do not generally apply to the Unix version, due to software's Unix origin.
Apache 2.0 has been structured for multiple operating systems from its inception, by introducing the Apache Portability Library and MPM modules. Users on non-Unix platforms are strongly encouraged to move up to Apache 2.0 for better performance, stability and security on their platforms.
For more information, see the Apache HTTP Server Project WebSite.
----Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at October 29, 2003 04:19 AMProject Info -- Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server is an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX, MS-Windows, Macintosh and Netware. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996.
Releases can be downloaded from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
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