Merge r1661464:

Mention notable things added in 2.4.x

Mention mod_macro, mod_wstunnel, mod_authnz_fcgi and a few other notable
features that were added post 2.4.0

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1661466 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml b/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml
index 7829aa6194ac6660077f59ddb4de6651e8d5a015..0e14854b23d6bcfc6b43058d45cda26de28c2f38 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@
       <dd>Formerly a third-party module, this supports internationalisation
       in libxml2-based (markup-aware) filter modules.</dd>
 
+      <dt><module>mod_macro</module> (available since 2.4.5)</dt>
+      <dd>Provide macros within configuration files.</dd>
+
+      <dt><module>mod_proxy_wstunnel</module> (available since 2.4.5)</dt>
+      <dd>Support web-socket tunnels.</dd>
+
+      <dt><module>mod_authnz_fcgi</module> (available since 2.4.10)</dt>
+      <dd>Enable FastCGI authorizer applications to authenticate and/or
+      authorize clients.</dd>
+
     </dl>
   </section>
 
@@ -193,6 +203,8 @@
 
       <dd>EC keys are now supported in addition to RSA and DSA.</dd>
 
+      <dd>Support for TLS-SRP (available in 2.4.4 and later).</dd>
+
       <dt><module>mod_proxy</module></dt>
 
       <dd>The <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive
@@ -201,7 +213,9 @@
       <directive module="core">LocationMatch</directive>
       block, and offers a significant performance advantage over the traditional
       two-parameter syntax when present in large numbers.</dd>
-  <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>
+      <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>
+      <dd>Support for Unix domain sockets to the backend (available in 2.4.7
+      and later).</dd>
 
       <dt><module>mod_proxy_balancer</module></dt>
 
@@ -285,6 +299,9 @@
       <dd><module>mod_info</module> can now dump the pre-parsed configuration
           to stdout during server startup.</dd>
 
+      <dt><module>mod_auth_basic</module></dt>
+      <dd>New generic mechanism to fake basic authentication (available in
+      2.4.5 and later).</dd>
 
     </dl>
   </section>
@@ -309,6 +326,10 @@
         <dt><program>rotatelogs</program></dt>
         <dd>May now create a link to the current log file.</dd>
         <dd>May now invoke a custom post-rotate script.</dd>
+
+        <dt><program>htpasswd</program>, <program>htdbm</program></dt>
+        <dd>Support for the bcrypt algorithm (available in 2.4.4 and later).
+        </dd>
     </dl>
   </section>