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mod_perl digest
February 25, 2001 - March 3, 2001
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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
Features
o mod_perl status
o module announcements
o mailing list highlights
o links
mod_perl status
o mod_perl
- stable: 1.25 (released January 29, 2001) [1]
- development: 1.25_01-dev [2]
o Apache
- stable: 1.3.19 (released February 28, 2001) [3]
- development: 1.3.20-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5]
- development: 5.7 [6]
module announcements
o Apache-AuthzCache 0.04 - work with a mod_perl authorization
module to provide caching of group membership [7]
o Apache-ProxyRewrite 0.12 - a reverse-proxy that will rewrite URLs
embedded in HTML documents [8]
mailing list highlights
o There were a few non-mod_perl modules announced to the list this
week:
- OpenInteract 1.06, an extensible web application framework
built on Apache, mod_perl, Template Toolkit and SPOPS [9]
- mod_proxy_add_forward.c [10]
- MLDBM::Sync, a locking wrapper around MLDBM [11]
o An interesting thread on using shared memory with mod_perl [12]
o For users of lingerd, there is now a patch that allows you to
build lingerd with mod_ssl [13]
o There is a call for articles for take23.org [14]
o Development on mod_perl 2.0 seems to be progressing well: 51
patches this week!
news
o Apache 1.3.19 was released this week [15]. New features of note:
- Apache will now get the correct IP address if ServerName is
not set and Apache cannot find a fully-qualified domain name
at startup.
- Restore functionality broken by the mod_rewrite security fix:
The mod_rewrite string arithmetic is corrected for rewrite map
- Under certain circumstances, Apache did not supply the right
response headers when requiring authentication
- More Windows and NetWare patches than you can shake a stick at
see Changes [16] for a full list of new features and bug fixes
o Netcraft February statistics
Apache 59.99% IIS 19.64% [17]
o Security Space February statistics
Apache 58.19% IIS 28.71% [18]
12.01% (178,713) of Apache servers are running mod_perl [19]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [20]
o mod_perl documentation [21]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [22]
o mod_perl homepage [23]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [24]
o mod_perl list archives [25] [26]
happy mod_perling...
--Geoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[1] http://perl.apache.org/dist/
[2] http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/modperl/
[3] http://www.apache.org/dist/
[4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/
[5] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#stable
[6] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#devel
[7] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/vingcrahserd
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/langswerstoi
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phulworcly
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/glarbermzhy
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/quermhingblel
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/twerdgraxclimp
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/whimphahbrum
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/zhoglulgrol
[15] http://take23.org/news/2001/02/28/apache.xml
[16] http://www.apache.org/dist/CHANGES_1.3
[17] http://www.netcraft.com/survey/
[18] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/index.html
[19] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200102/apachemods.html
[20] http://perl.apache.org
[21] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[22] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[23] http://www.modperl.com
[24] http://www.take23.org
[25] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[26] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2
