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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by "Roy T. Fielding" <fi...@kiwi.ICS.UCI.EDU> on 1997/04/07 14:06:37 UTC
[STATUS] Monday, April 7, 05:05am PDT
1.2b8 status as of Mon Apr 7 05:05:44 PDT 1997
* Committed since 1.2b7:
* HP MPE/iX fixes
* replace bcopy with memmove for ANSIfriendliness
* UXP/DS(V20) port
* MachTen fine tuning
* PR#186: Make declaration of add_env_variable agree with definiton.
* PR#210: Missing semicolon.
* Correctly handle Swedish filenames
* buff.c header include fixes
* create_argv() fixes
* remove cleanups from bpushfd()
* help avoid virtual host confusion
* PR#40: include path_info for error when file doesn't exist
* PR#59: os/2: allow for cgi files without the .EXE extension
* missing header_parser slots in modules
* PR#146, PR#187: is_url() not HTTP/1.1 conformant
* log long headers in case it is an attack
* PR#194: ErrorDocument broken due to an optimization in 1.2b7
* PR#190: Reduced IdentityCheck timeout to 30 seconds
* PR#160: invoke_handler() doesn't handle mime arguments
* memory management goof in alloc.c
* support/Makefile.tmpl and LIBS
* deal with long hostnames at gethostname() call
* clear memory allocated for listeners
* PR#212: improved handling of ip addresses in VirtualHost
* mod_neg iso-8859-1 fixup and other cleanups
* workaround a compiler bug that causes sunos 4.x to panic
* don't count starting servers as idle
* document dangers of "UserDir ./" and need to protect <Directory />
* problem with proper per-connection counting
* infinite loop with trailing slash and type map
* vhost error log not set when initialized
* improved modules/Makefile generation
* PR#234,143: per_dir_config incorrectly set for name-based vhosts
* tighten email on anonymous logging
* big header table sending and persistence fixes
* garbage_coll() not called in proxy if filsystem full
* PR#105: continue after DNS errors and document vhosts better
* errno cleanup
* "make clean" bombs if no subdirectory modules are used
* iso-8859-1 selected even if other acceptable
* handle multiple Configurations without warning
* bug reporting changes
* use shmget on linux
* PR#246: AuthAuthoritative goofup
* mod_rewrite 3.0.2
* PR#276: host port changed to unsigned short
* PR#122: Dean's wild-guess patch for 3 second CGI problem
* Correct status when POSTing to bad URL, proxy to origin (ends FAQ)
* mod_negotiation: not copying headers, and more memory fixes
* broken modules/Makefile (again)
* NO_LINGCLOSE defined for SunOS
* broken modules/Makefile (one more time..)
* Brian Moore's FIX to stuck children with proxy
* Fix more timeout sillyness
* timeout fixes for the proxy
* PR#214: fix docs on access control for proxy
* Last lingering cleanup, setsockopt error messages (with Marc's changes)
* including dump location in error_log
* mod_negotiation update for "big header table sending..."
* table_do has improper prototype
* sub_req_lookup_simple bug fixes take 3
Plan
====
I need to get home and get some sleep, so that I won't miss my flight
up to the bay area tonight. I suggest that Marc's patch be added,
mod_rewrite updated to Ralf's 3.0.3 (from his site), as much of the docs
as possible committed (including Ken's FAQ if available), and then tarball.
* Tarball 1.2b8 Monday, for release on Tuesday (before 8pm :-).
Who is going to do the tarball, since I'll be travelling northward?
I recommend updating the MODULE_MAGIC_NUMBER to 19970407 first.
* WWW6 BOF, Tuesday 8pm at Santa Clara Convention Center, Ballroom A/B
Attending: Roy, Alexei, Dean, Brian[?], Sameer[?], Doug MacEachern
Agenda for 1.2b8-dev
====================
Patches available:
* Marc's [PATCH] suexec doesn't close log file
Status: +1 Marc, Roy, Randy, Chuck
[would have been committed, but Roy lost the patch :(]
* Dean's [PATCH] more signed/unsigned port cleanups
Status: +1 Dean [Note: changes mod_rewrite.c]
Not yet patches:
* Update to mod_rewrite 3.0.3? Fix signed port.
1.2 Showstoppers with no patches yet:
* redirect of index file causes SEGV [Marc]
Status: have a way to stop the core dump, but that doesn't make
it work properly.
See also: <Pi...@localhost.imdb.com>
* SEGV under FreeBSD, Next with lingering_close [and proxy?]
<33...@topsail.org>
Chuck says: Roy's latest timeout patches have stopped the lingering
close notifications, but the core dumps continue. The dumped image
is so trashed that it can't be backtraced. I believe the reason we
haven't seen more reports is that FreeBSD and perhaps Linux are
disabling core dumps by default as a security measure.
Documentation Changes that should make 1.2:
* Ken's Partially-updated draft FAQ r-f-c
Currently at <http://test.remulak.decus.org/~htdocs/manual/misc/xFAQ.html>
Status: +1 Roy, Paul S.
* Paul Sutton's www.apache.org info.html update
Status: +1 Roy (I'd make some minor tweaks, but commit it first).
* mod_example.c illustration of command handler call semantics for
the different directive argument types (et alia). +1 Dirk, Chuck,
but needs work. I'll try to flesh this out in the next few days if
these mean "+1 to including in distribution". +1 from Ralf.
... and more work ...
And Ken says check it all out at <http://Example.Remulak.DECUS.Org:9000/>
* some better suexec docs would be really nice, detailing some of the
security risks and compromises discussed
Status: I think Randy said something about doing it at one point.
Randy says he thinks Jason is perhaps doing them.
[And Roy says: either somebody needs to document how it
works (I don't know), or I'll go through and remove the
documentation about how "good" it is to use it.]
* Document problems with mismatch on FD_SETSIZE=1024?
* Navigator 3.01 and 4.0b2 says image is corrupt if Server field contains
Server: Apache/1.2b8-dev mod_perl/0.94
Status: definitely document, maybe hack a fix
Not in 1.2b8:
* Fix mod_negotiation to follow latest TCN draft
* Petr Lampa's [PATCH] mod_dir redirect&negotiation problems
If subrequest returns redirect or not acceptable, copy headers
and return immediately.
* Doug MacEachern's [PATCH] merge dbm auth configs
Status: The question is, should we be merging auth configs?
Ken says not by default and not unless it's configurable.
* [BUG?] /cgi-bin/foo/bar%2fbaz
unescape_url in util.c is forbidding %2f in PATH_INFO.
The problem is that we use the %2f check to avoid security problems
with stupid scripts. Roy thinks the best solution would be to
decode all %2f's before doing any processing on the path, and thus
reduce %2f.. to /.. before doing the path checks. This makes it
impossible to have a filename containing slash, but no big deal.
* [BUG]: "SSI stopped working in 1.2b7" on Solaris 2.x (fwd)
<Pi...@localhost.imdb.com>
* suexec/269: Server-side include exec cmd with suEXEC bug
* redo lingering_close to check for old sockets to close out before
accept() in child.
Status: doesn't look to be overly clean to do in the current
framework. Will not have time to do implementation for this
beta in any case. If it turns out to be a big issue,
could go in later. (1.2.1?)
* Marc wants to have a check to be sure
log directory(ies) isn't writable by anyone except the user starting
the server. The posting in bugtraq only highlites the problem.
Needs override. See NCSA code for sample implem.
Status: Marc busy writing
* CGIs don't get PIPE under FreeBSD; under Solaris they get a TERM
and then a PIPE in close succession. Hmm. Marc will look when
he gets a chance.
* Solaris "accept: Too many levels of remote in path" [marc]
* error compiling on NeXT:
In file included from http_main.c:108:
/NextDeveloper/Headers/bsd/netinet/tcp.h:57: duplicate member `th_off'
/NextDeveloper/Headers/bsd/netinet/tcp.h:58: duplicate member `th_x2'
Status: got a login in a NeXT OpenStep 4.x machine to test,
looks like an interaction between gcc and the header
files. It is trying to include definitions for both big and
little endian platforms, and that no work.
* Type map can't find appropriate document for language on Solaris
2.x. (I can't gistify this one; full details in message ID
<Pi...@localhost.imdb.com>.)
Reporter has provided tar.gz file of config info.
(no PR#, 1.2b7, 24/2/1997, <ej...@cise.ufl.edu>)
Status: Dean might have fixed this one (the table overlay bug)
* <IMG SRC="a CGI"> crates [sic] zombies on FreeBSDLinux
(see <Pi...@localhost.imdb.com>
for the details; I'm not going to try to decode 'em) Reporter
says hackers have told it the cause lies in an error in the loop
structure in alloc.c's fork()/signal()/wait() handling
(no PR#, 1.1.1/1.2.something (?), 23/2/1997, <sk...@www.russia.net>)
- Marc said it *might* be related to the kindercide issue
* SONY NEWS port. See both:
<Pi...@taz.hyperreal.com>
<Pi...@taz.hyperreal.com>
Jim working on a patch, but not until after 1.2b8
* [BUG]: "mod_dld problem: variable in httpd_config.c counted wrong"on Irix
<Pi...@localhost.imdb.com> and
<Pi...@localhost.imdb.com>
Dirk says he's got something to fix it that needs some work.
UnixWare:
Chuck thinks all of these are solved using the method presented by
Joe D. Chuck will include correspondence from folks who have successfully
run Apache on all known versions of UnixWare.
* SIGTERM to parent on UnixWare kills it but leaves children as
zombies, requiring reboot. SIGHUP reloads it fine when it's
running. (no PR#, 1.2b6, 21/2/1997, <ta...@xl.ca>)
* Randy says "seems that the processes on a Unixware machine are
eventually all dying off. Mind you, I have not seen this, but
that is what is being reported. Sounds like perhaps the server is not
respawning new children after MaxRequestsPerChild has been reached."
Contrib stuff / future:
* Start digital signing the distributions.
* PR#161 -- mod_dir performance with negotiation
Status: Petr posted patch, Dean +1 on part
Petr posted query about how it should be redone.
* Chris Adams <ca...@ro.com> patch to mod_log_config to add %m and %c.
* "Large groups cause authentication errors" on FreeBSD
[salari@cs.ubc.ca]; problem looks to be MAX_STRING_LEN buffer
in groups_for_user.
* mod_log_config patch for conditional logging
Status: contrib, not in server
* Jim has patch for time taken to handle a request in status module
* Ed has an updated patch for limiting connections per IP
* mod_include could use boyer-moore searching for <!--# and/or it could
mmap the file.
* add some setlocale stuff?
* status module available from .htaccess files; Ken posted patch
* status report shows PIDs in empty slots, user supplied some sort
of patch; behavior now is correct, but perhaps some cleanup of
how the results are displayed could be done after 1.2...
<Pi...@localhost.imdb.com>
* Marc proposed keeping a list of things broken for HTTP/1.1; on the
Web or part of the distribution?
(no PR#, 1.2, 21/2/1997, "Marc Slemko" <ma...@znep.com>)
- Chuck likes the idea (hopefully will reduce redundant
reports); thinks it should be on the Web
- Ken thinks it should be in the htdocs tree so it hits both
- Chuck gives +1 to Ken's idea, so does Ralf
* Rob's "DONE" status response check for die()
<Pi...@localhost.imdb.com>
Roy says it's a feature... Dean agrees, thinks we should slate
something for 2.0 that can handle this cleanly.
* tem@global2000.net provided a patch for mod_imap to make it more
friendly with MS FrontPage map files. Available in
<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
* Dean's gif89 and expires hack
<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
* mod_userdir needs a DisallowUserDir directive, a la ftp.deny, to
restrict user names that can be accessed. Ken says maybe
"UserDir disabled [user [...]]".
* get_local_host and NIS patch fo SunOS 4
<Pi...@localhost>
* internationalized documentation
* pagecounter extension to mod_include
<Pi...@taz.hyperreal.com>
* mod_expires improvements from "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <ma...@iphil.net>
at <http://www.iphil.net/~map/apache/>
* add is_initial_req() function
Re: [STATUS] Monday, April 7, 05:05am PDT
Posted by Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>.
On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> * Marc's [PATCH] suexec doesn't close log file
committed.
> * Dean's [PATCH] more signed/unsigned port cleanups
> Status: +1 Dean [Note: changes mod_rewrite.c]
>
> Not yet patches:
>
> * Update to mod_rewrite 3.0.3? Fix signed port.
My patch should fix the signed port problem.
> * Ken's Partially-updated draft FAQ r-f-c
> Currently at <http://test.remulak.decus.org/~htdocs/manual/misc/xFAQ.html>
> Status: +1 Roy, Paul S.
If this could go into the 1.2b8 tarball that'd be great.
> * Paul Sutton's www.apache.org info.html update
> Status: +1 Roy (I'd make some minor tweaks, but commit it first).
Committed.
> * mod_example.c illustration of command handler call semantics for
> the different directive argument types (et alia). +1 Dirk, Chuck,
> but needs work. I'll try to flesh this out in the next few days if
> these mean "+1 to including in distribution". +1 from Ralf.
> ... and more work ...
> And Ken says check it all out at <http://Example.Remulak.DECUS.Org:9000/>
This too would be nice in the 1.2b8 tarball. Ken when your system gets
back up please email me patches (unless you've got cvs access already).
Dean