The Apache Project has released version 2.2
of their namesake web server.
I don't recommend you run out and upgrade immediately, but if you're developing a
sophisticated server side application on top of Apache for future deployment, this is probably what you should be writing to. There are a lot of important new features in this release including:
- Vastly improved authentication options. Can we finally get rid of cookies for usernames and passwords, please?
- Production quality c aching
- Simpler Configuration
- Graceful stop
- Better Proxying
- Updated Regular Expression Library
- Smart Filtering
- Support for files and request bodies larger than 2 gigabytes
- Direct SQL Database Support
Apache 2 modules will need to be recompiled to support this release, but otherwise should not need to be changed.
