- Apache
- Version 2.0 (and up)
+ Apache HTTP Server
What is it?
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- Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for
- the NCSA server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in
- the NCSA server and includes many frequently requested new
- features, and has an API which allows it to be extended to meet
- users' needs more easily.
+ The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant
+ web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP
+ Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the
+ Internet. As a project of the Apache Software Foundation, the
+ developers aim to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust,
+ commercial-grade, standards-based server with freely available
+ source code.
The Latest Version
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The documentation available as of the date of this release is
- also included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory.
- For the most up-to-date documentation can be found on
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/.
+ included in HTML format in the docs/manual/ directory. The most
+ up-to-date documentation can be found at
+ http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/.
Installation
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- Apache 2.0 uses autoconf for configuration and installation. To create
- Apache's autoconf script, you will need libtool 1.3.3 or higher, and
- autoconf 2.13 or newer. Those tools will not be required if you are just
- using a package downloaded from apache.org, they are only required for
- developers.
-
- To configure Apache 2.0 run the following commands.
-
- ./buildconf (not required unless you are a developer)
- ./configure [autoconf arguments] [apache arguments]
- make
- make install
-
- The buildconf script is very important. Just running autoconf will not
- leave the directory tree in a usable state.
+ Please see the file called INSTALL. Platform specific notes can be
+ found in README.platforms.
Licensing
---------
Please see the file called LICENSE.
- Acknowledgments
- ----------------
-
- We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that
- make up portions of the Apache software:
-
- Portions of this software were developed at the National Center
- for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of
- Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
-
- This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security
- Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, including various
- modifications by Spyglass Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, and
- Bell Communications Research, Inc (Bellcore).
-
- This package contains software written by Philip Hazel and copyrighted by
- the University of Cambridge. Please see the file called
- srclib/pcre/COPYING.
-
- The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group
- by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (http://www.valicert.com/).
+ Cryptographic Software Notice
+ -----------------------------
+
+ This distribution may include software that has been designed for use
+ with cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside
+ may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export
+ to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption
+ software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies
+ concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption
+ software, to see if this is permitted. See <http://www.wassenaar.org/>
+ for more information.
+
+ The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
+ Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity
+ Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security
+ software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric
+ algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation
+ distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception
+ ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS
+ Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object
+ code and source code.
+
+ The following provides more details on the included files that
+ may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software:
+
+ Apache httpd 2.0 and later versions include the mod_ssl module under
+ modules/ssl/
+ for configuring and listening to connections over SSL encrypted
+ network sockets by performing calls to a general-purpose encryption
+ library, such as OpenSSL or the operating system's platform-specific
+ SSL facilities.
+
+ In addition, some versions of apr-util provide an abstract interface
+ for symmetrical cryptographic functions that make use of a
+ general-purpose encryption library, such as OpenSSL, NSS, or the
+ operating system's platform-specific facilities. This interface is
+ known as the apr_crypto interface, with implementation beneath the
+ /crypto directory. The apr_crypto interface is used by the
+ mod_session_crypto module available under
+ modules/session
+ for optional encryption of session information.
+
+ Some object code distributions of Apache httpd, indicated with the
+ word "crypto" in the package name, may include object code for the
+ OpenSSL encryption library as distributed in open source form from
+ <http://www.openssl.org/source/>.
+
+ The above files are optional and may be removed if the cryptographic
+ functionality is not desired or needs to be excluded from redistribution.
+ Distribution packages of Apache httpd that include the word "nossl"
+ in the package name have been created without the above files and are
+ therefore not subject to this notice.
+
+ Contacts
+ --------
+
+ o If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,
+ security fixes, general news and information about the Apache server
+ subscribe to the apache-announce mailing list as described under
+ <http://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce>
+
+ o If you want freely available support for running Apache please see the
+ resources at <http://httpd.apache.org/support.html>
+
+ o If you have a concrete bug report for Apache please see the instructions
+ for bug reporting at <http://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html>
+
+ o If you want to participate in actively developing Apache please
+ subscribe to the `dev@httpd.apache.org' mailing list as described at
+ <http://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev>
- Apache 2.0 relies heavily on the use of autoconf and libtool to provide
- a build environment.
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