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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>