
 Apache 1.3 Beta 6 Released
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 The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b6 version
 of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache HTTP server. 1.3b6 is
 a release candidate for Apache 1.3.0.
 
 This version is stable under UNIX but remains beta-level under Win32. No
 new features are expected between 1.3b6 and 1.3.0, so please give this
 version a good thrashing in order to provide as much feedback as possible
 to the Apache Group before the release of 1.3.0.

 Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of
 1996. The Web Server Survey by Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.co.uk/Survey/)
 found that more web servers were using Apache than any other software. Apache
 and its derivatives are run on over 50% of all web domains on the Internet.

 The Apache project has been organized to provide an open-source, secure,
 efficient and extensible server which provides HTTP services in sync with the
 current HTTP standards. For more information about the Apache project check
 out http://www.apache.org/.

 To grab the latest Apache distribution, check out
     http://www.apache.org/dist/
 and the huge list of available "International Mirror Sites" at
     http://www.apache.org/mirrors/

 For a detailed list of changes please read the CHANGES file in the
 distribution and the "New Features with Apache 1.3" document at
 http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html.  For your convenience here
 is a short summary of all major changes between Apache 1.2 and 1.3 (changes
 which are new with version 1.3b6 are tagged '+'):

   o Ported to Windows 95/NT
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/windows
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/README.NT
   o Ported to BS2000/OSD, a mainframe OS with EBCDIC charset 
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/ebcdic
   + Apache Autoconf-style Interface (APACI) for out-of-the-box installation
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/README.configure
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/INSTALL
   + Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) support for all major Unix platforms 
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/src/README.DSO
   + APache eXtenSion (APXS) tool for building third-party modules as DSO
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/src/README.DSO
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/src/support/
   + Additional support tools: apachectl, ab (ApacheBench), dbmmanage
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/src/support/
   + Enhanced configuration support: Include and Line-Continuation
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3
   o New `Magic' MIME-typing module for content type guessing 
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_mime_magic
   o Regular Expression support for Alias and Redirect directives
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_alias
   + Overhauled and enhanced URL Rewriting Engine
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite
   o Spell-checking module for on-the-fly URL corrections
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_speling
   o Additional access control via CIDR and Netmasks
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_access
   o Improved HTTP/1.1-style Virtual Host support
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/vhost/index
   o Less Buffering of CGI Script Output (makes nph- obsolete)
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3
   + Various Proxy Enhancements (NoProxy, ProxyDomain, ProxyPassReverse)
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_proxy
   o Various internal performance improvements
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3
   o Various fixes to the hostname DNS lookup handling
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/mod/core#hostnamelookups
   o Various Directory Indexing enhancements
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex
   o Various Logging enhancements (Reliable Piped Logs, Named Log Formats)
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/core
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_log_custom
   o Unique Identifiers
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_unique_id
   o Source tree reorganization
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg
   + Big Symbol Renaming to avoid symbol clashes with third-party code
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg
   o API Additions
       http://www.apache.org/dist/apache-1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3
  
