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Apache 2.0.47 Released

Posted by michael on from the .0.01-better-than-ever dept.

Quicksilver31337 writes "The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the tenth public release of the Apache 2.0 HTTP Server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in 2.0.47 as compared to 2.0.46. This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix release."

4 of 26 comments (clear)

  1. Temporal denial of service by ModernCelt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Certain errors returned by accept() on rarely accessed ports could cause temporal denial of service, due to a bug in the prefork MPM.

    Heh. Temporal denial of service... sounds like a Star Trek plot device.

  2. Re:This is really great news. by Airwall · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, it's "getting" there, but with mod_perl 2 still being incomplete, PHP still not recommending Apache 2 for production and various other smaller niggles, it seems to be taking a lot of the supporting projects time to catch up. When I re-did my own webserver a couple of weeks back, I really wanted to use Apache 2, but getting Mason working started to do my bonce, frankly. So I went back to 1.3.

  3. Re:Dammit, I just installed 2.046! by agent+dero · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If it does you could make a dreaded BACKUP!

    Seriously, it's one text file, gimme a break.

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  4. Re:Dammit, I just installed 2.046! by Lao-Tzu · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a better backup system than you could ever dream of.... It takes time to restore those images from tape.

    I dream of a backup system where data can be restored instantly, and an infinite number of revisions of an infinite amount of data can be stored on a device the size of my little toe. And these little-toe sized devices are so cheap that I run off a hundred copies of them every night, and store them in different places across the world. And they're secu...

    I think you get the idea. I can dream of a lot better than tape.