SUMMARY2: Quick Apache Question

From: Tru64 User <tru64user_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:37:52 -0700 (PDT)

Even better said:

Apache 1.3.x is a proven stable code base. Apache 2.0
adds tons of new
features. Finally the web server is threaded, modules
can be chained
together for processing request, and other very
interesting things.
When
2.0 started much of the stable code base was
rewritten. Many like the
idea of using a proven package in the 1.3.x line while
2.0 continues to
mature. This is why many people are continuing to use
1.3.x

For instance the plugin architecture of 2.0 is
somewhat different than
1.3.x, so when compiling mod_myfavoriteapachemodule,
it probably won't
work for 2.0 without a significant rewrite. Last I
checked php was only
starting to be supported and I think it is still
considered ALPHA for
apache 2.0. There are dozens if not hundreds of
modules for apache 1.3
that work well, some of which are long abandoned by
thier original
programmers. They work in 1.3 and may or may not get
ported to 2.0

I can't make many recommendations about which, but I
hope I've given
you
some background into the differences.

--
Jay R. Wren
Systems Programmer
Oakland University
The 2 most significant differences, in my opinion, are
in threading and
memory management.  The threading improves scalability
(usually) on 
systems
with POSIX thread support.  Nearly every module in
Apache 2.0 can be 
used as
a DSO.
Elizabeth Harvey-Forsythe
MIT Media Lab
--- Tru64 User <tru64user_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> George Gallen gave me a piece from Apache webserver,
> and i saw some stuff to on same site after posting!.
> >From quick judgement, since i just wanted to
> correct
> the security stuff, i should stick with 1.3.x which
> i
> currently run.
> 2.0 seems to be some kind of makeover.
> 
> Found some explanation here:
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/upgrading.html
> 
> >From George Gallen:
> 
> "Apache 2.0 offers numerous enhancements,
> improvements
> and performance boosts over the 1.3 codebase. The
> most
> visible and noteworthy addition is the ability to
> run
> Apache in a hybrid thread/process mode on any
> platform
> that supports both threads and processes. This has
> shown to improve the scalability of the Apache HTTP
> Server significantly in our testing. Apache 2.0 also
> includes support for filtered I/O. This allows
> modules
> to modify the output of other modules before it is
> sent to the client. We have also included support
> for
> IPv6 on any platform that supports IPv6."
> 
> from the website. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Tru64 User <tru64user_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > What is the main difference between the two apache
> > fronts out there, v2.0.x and 1.3.x?
> > 
> > I can see that they are promoting both by coming
> up
> > with updates for 1.3.x [1.3.24 to 1.3.26] and
> 2.0.x
> > 
> > I would imagine if 2.0.x superseded 1.3.x, they
> > would
> > just issue a fix on the 2.0.x and suggest upgrades
> > of
> > the 1.3.x users to 2.0.x
> > 
> > Sorry for posting purely apache qtn. here....just
> > looking for a faster response. 
> > 
> > _Thanks
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
> > 
> > NOTE FROM APACHE WEBSITE:
> > Versions of the Apache web server up to and
> > including
> > 1.3.24 and 2.0 up to and including 2.0.36 contain
> a
> > bug in the routines which deal with invalid
> requests
> > which are encoded using chunked encoding. This bug
> > can
> > be triggered remotely by sending a carefully
> crafted
> > invalid request. This functionality is enabled by
> > default.
> > 
> > In most cases the outcome of the invalid request
> is
> > that the child process dealing with the request
> will
> > terminate. At the least, this could help a remote
> > attacker launch a denial of service attack as the
> > parent process will eventually have to replace the
> > terminated child process, and starting new
> children
> > uses non-trivial amounts of resources.
> > 
> > The Apache Software Foundation has released
> versions
> > 1.3.26 and 2.0.39 to address and fix this issue.
> > These
> > version are available for download;
> > 
> > 
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