Apache
Apache is the world's most popular HTTP server, being quite possibly the best around in terms of functionality, efficiency, security and speed.
| Tags | Internet Web HTTP Servers |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Apache BSD Original |
| Operating Systems | Windows Windows Windows Windows POSIX Linux BSD Solaris |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 15 Dec 2008 18:08
Changes: When the ap_http_header_filter processes an error bucket, The passed brigade is cleaned up before returning AP_FILTER_ERROR down the filter chain. Error responses set by filters were being coerced into 500 errors, sometimes appended to the original error response. A configuration option to insert strings in HTML HEAD has beena dded. A new LogFormat parameter, %k, logs the number of keepalive requests on this connection for this request.
- 03 Nov 2008 16:33
Changes: mod_proxy_ftp now prevents XSS attacks when using wildcards in the path of the FTP URL.
- 16 Jun 2008 14:34
Changes: mod_proxy_http has been changed to better handle excessive interim responses from the origin server to prevent potential denial of service and high memory usage. mod_proxy_balancer has been changed to prevent CSRF attacks against the balancer-manager interface.
- 20 Jan 2008 17:01
Changes: A flaw was found in the mod_status module. On sites where mod_status is enabled and the status pages were publicly accessible, a cross-site scripting attack was possible. A flaw was found in the mod_imap module. On sites where mod_imap is enabled and an imagemap file is publicly available, a cross-site scripting attack was possible.
- 20 Jan 2008 17:00
Changes: A flaw was found in the mod_status module. On sites where mod_status is enabled and the status pages were publicly accessible, a cross-site scripting attack was possible. A flaw was found in the mod_imap module. On sites where mod_imap is enabled and an imagemap file is publicly available, a cross-site scripting attack was possible.
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Recent commentsIs version 2 the latest?
Can anyone tell me if they stopped developing apache? Seems version 2 is around for a couple of years already.
Mod Rewrite Rules!
Apache is great. I don't think I could live without mod rewrite. I get so much use out of it and will never switch to IIS
Re: Nice Features
> yea mod-rewrite is a awesome mod. do you
> know if its possible to use it on a
> windows / apache system?
You should check out http://www.wampserver.com/en/, their install comes with mod-rewrite!
mod_rewrite
@ manuel: yes, you can use it in windows. It works also in a package like xampp for example.
Re: The reasons why I use Apache
> Yeah, Apache is obviously much better
> than IIS.
Don't you think, that there should be some competition. When one is an absolut leader, this may stop development of the project. So, we even should support those, who want to make something better! :-)