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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by sf...@apache.org on 2015/02/22 10:31:51 UTC
svn commit: r1661464 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml
Author: sf
Date: Sun Feb 22 09:31:51 2015
New Revision: 1661464
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1661464
Log:
Mention notable things added in 2.4.x
Mention mod_macro, mod_wstunnel, mod_authnz_fcgi and a few other notable
features that were added post 2.4.0
Modified:
httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml
Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml?rev=1661464&r1=1661463&r2=1661464&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml Sun Feb 22 09:31:51 2015
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@
<dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports internationalisation
in libxml2-based (markup-aware) filter modules.</dd>
+ <dt><module>mod_macro</module> (available since 2.4.5)</dt>
+ <dd>Provide macros within configuration files.</dd>
+
+ <dt><module>mod_proxy_wstunnel</module> (available since 2.4.5)</dt>
+ <dd>Support web-socket tunnels.</dd>
+
+ <dt><module>mod_authnz_fcgi</module> (available since 2.4.10)</dt>
+ <dd>Enable FastCGI authorizer applications to authenticate and/or
+ authorize clients.</dd>
+
</dl>
</section>
@@ -193,6 +203,8 @@
<dd>EC keys are now supported in addition to RSA and DSA.</dd>
+ <dd>Support for TLS-SRP (available in 2.4.4 and later).</dd>
+
<dt><module>mod_proxy</module></dt>
<dd>The <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive
@@ -201,7 +213,9 @@
<directive module="core">LocationMatch</directive>
block, and offers a significant performance advantage over the traditional
two-parameter syntax when present in large numbers.</dd>
- <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>
+ <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>
+ <dd>Support for Unix domain sockets to the backend (available in 2.4.7
+ and later).</dd>
<dt><module>mod_proxy_balancer</module></dt>
@@ -285,6 +299,9 @@
<dd><module>mod_info</module> can now dump the pre-parsed configuration
to stdout during server startup.</dd>
+ <dt><module>mod_auth_basic</module></dt>
+ <dd>New generic mechanism to fake basic authentication (available in
+ 2.4.5 and later).</dd>
</dl>
</section>
@@ -309,6 +326,10 @@
<dt><program>rotatelogs</program></dt>
<dd>May now create a link to the current log file.</dd>
<dd>May now invoke a custom post-rotate script.</dd>
+
+ <dt><program>htpasswd</program>, <program>htdbm</program></dt>
+ <dd>Support for the bcrypt algorithm (available in 2.4.4 and later).
+ </dd>
</dl>
</section>