7 The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant
8 web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP
9 Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the
10 Internet. As a project of the Apache Software Foundation, the
11 developers aim to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust,
12 commercial-grade, standards-based server with freely available
18 Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP
19 server project page under http://httpd.apache.org/.
24 The documentation available as of the date of this release is
25 included in HTML format in the docs/manual/ directory. The most
26 up-to-date documentation can be found at
27 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/.
32 Please see the file called INSTALL. Platform specific notes can be
33 found in README.platforms.
38 Please see the file called LICENSE.
40 Cryptographic Software Notice
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43 This distribution may include software that has been designed for use
44 with cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside
45 may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export
46 to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption
47 software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies
48 concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption
49 software, to see if this is permitted. See <http://www.wassenaar.org/>
52 The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
53 Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity
54 Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security
55 software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric
56 algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation
57 distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception
58 ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS
59 Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object
62 The following provides more details on the included files that
63 may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software:
65 Apache httpd 2.0 and later versions include the mod_ssl module under
67 for configuring and listening to connections over SSL encrypted
68 network sockets by performing calls to a general-purpose encryption
69 library, such as OpenSSL or the operating system's platform-specific
72 In addition, some versions of apr-util provide an abstract interface
73 for symmetrical cryptographic functions that make use of a
74 general-purpose encryption library, such as OpenSSL, NSS, or the
75 operating system's platform-specific facilities. This interface is
76 known as the apr_crypto interface, with implementation beneath the
77 /crypto directory. The apr_crypto interface is used by the
78 mod_session_crypto module available under
80 for optional encryption of session information.
82 Some object code distributions of Apache httpd, indicated with the
83 word "crypto" in the package name, may include object code for the
84 OpenSSL encryption library as distributed in open source form from
85 <http://www.openssl.org/source/>.
87 The above files are optional and may be removed if the cryptographic
88 functionality is not desired or needs to be excluded from redistribution.
89 Distribution packages of Apache httpd that include the word "nossl"
90 in the package name have been created without the above files and are
91 therefore not subject to this notice.
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