Commit 4204ae03 authored by Stefan Fritsch's avatar Stefan Fritsch
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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
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docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml

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@@ -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
@@ -202,6 +214,8 @@ 
      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>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>