HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

Internet and Networking
HP-UX Web Server Suite
Chapter 6
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All users are urged to upgrade immediately to OpenSSL 0.9.6i, which is a
cumulative release that addresses and fixes the security vulnerabilities
described at http://cve.mitre.org/ (CAN-2003-0147, CAN-2003-013,
CAN-2003-0078).
• New features/enhancements:
— Support for IPv6
— mod_auth_ldap and its caching module, mod_ldap, have been added to provide
authentication to an LDAP directory. These are new modules from the Apache
Software Foundation. auth_ldap is still provided; however all ldap users are
encouraged to begin transitioning to mod_auth_ldap. auth_ldap is provided
during this transition but will be removed in a future release.
—New Apache modules: mod_charset_lite, mod_deflate, mod_mem_cache
— New PHP extensions, which add support for sockets, FTP, network management,
XML manipulation using DOM, handling compressed files, image manipulation,
and password strength checking.
— HP-UX Apache-based Web Server is now compiled with _USE_BIG_FDS to raise
the maximum allowed number of simultaneous open files, or maximum number
of file descriptors, from 2048 to 60000 per process (depending on system
configuration).
— mod_perl upgraded to 1.99_09 and depends on Perl 5.8.0, which is included in
the Operating Environments. mod_perl is upgraded in conjunction with the
Apache upgrade.
•Other Fixes:
— PHP 4.2.3, a maintenance release with a large number of bug fixes to version
4.2.2. This version of PHP also incorporates a fix for PHP bug #17466 for uid/gid
in safe_mode.
— Resolved a problem with Apache going into an infinite loop under certain
network conditions, consuming 100% CPU. The details are available at
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/index.html (BUG # 15380)
— Resolved a problem with Apache not able to load modules written in C++.
Complete documentation detailing changes can be found after installing, at
/opt/hpws/hp_docs or at http://www.hp.com/go/webserver.
Impact
See “Installation” on page 128.
Compatibility
This release is binary-compatible with Apache 2.0.42 and greater. All the modules
compiled with Apache 2.0.42 or greater will continue to work with this version since the
Apache API has not changed
Performance
Performance is similar to previous HP Apache-based Web Server 1.3.x and 2.x releases.