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--- ABOUT_APACHE 1997/08/01 09:18:25 1.4
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Alexei Kosut Stanford University, California
Ben Laurie Freelance Consultant, UK
Chuck Murcko The Topsail Group, Pennsylvania
+ Doug MacEachern TOG Research Institute, Massachusetts
Aram W. Mirzadeh Qosina Corporation, New York
Sameer Parekh C2Net, California
Paul Sutton UKWeb, UK
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@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
to set up anything that need to be done once per processes. For
example, connections to databases.
+ *) New child_exit function for module API
+ A new phase for Apache's API is called prior to termination of
+ a server child, e.g. when max_requests_per_child is reached.
+ This allow for modules to tear down anything that need to be done
+ once per processes. For example, connections to databases.
+
*) Totally overhauled mod_rewrite:
First the last officially available release of mod_rewrite (3.0.9) was
integrated into the Apache source repository. Additionally to the fact
@@ -79,4 +85,31 @@
construction point (RewriteRule subst string, RewriteCond test string,
ENV flag key/value, etc.) to access the parts of RewriteRule and
RewriteCond patterns via $N and %N.
+
+ *) Simple transport and i/o hooks in place
+ It is possible to re-define the standalone_main function
+ (with -DSTANDALONE_MAIN) so modules may plugin support for
+ transport protocols other than tcp, e.g. DCE RPC
+ A new slot in the BUFF structure `t_handle' is provided to
+ store the plugin's transport related structures.
+ Support for sfio can be enabled with -DB_SFIO, which allows
+ modules to re-define lowest-level reads and writes so i/o
+ may travel through something other than a tcp socket.
+ In addition, sfio support allows plugin modules to manipulate
+ the output of all modules, e.g. parsing the output of CGI programs.
+
+ *) New dbmmange script
+ A new Perl5 version of dbmmange allows modification of
+ various databases, Berkley DB, ndbm and gdbm. Security has
+ been tightened such that passwords will no longer be echoed to
+ the terminal, the seed for srand is more random and `add' will not
+ overwrite and existing user, use the new `update' command
+ instead. New commands include the `check' command to check a
+ users' password and the `import' command to convert existing
+ password text-files or dbm files exported with `view'.
+
+ *) New API function: is_initial_req()
+ The function returns true only for the initial call during a
+ given HTTP request. If the request is a sub-request or
+ internal redirect, the function will return false.
