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1$eterna: CHANGES,v 1.78 2011/11/18 01:25:11 mrg Exp $
2
3changes since bozohttpd 20111118:
4	o  properly escape generated URIs
5
6changes since bozohttpd 20100920:
7	o  add -P <pidfile> option, from jmmv@netbsd.org
8	o  avoid crashes with http basic auth, from pooka@netbsd.org
9	o  add support for REDIRECT_STATUS variable, from tls@netbsd.org
10	o  support .mp4 files in the default map
11	o  directory indexes with files with : are now displayed properly, from
12	   reed@netbsd.org
13	o  allow -I option to be useful in non-inetd mode as well
14
15changes since bozohttpd 20100617:
16	o  properly fully disable multi-file mode for now
17	o  fix the -t and -U options when used without the -e option, broken since
18	   the library-ifcation
19	o  be explicit that logs go to the FTP facility in syslog
20	o  use scandir() with alphasort() for sorted directory lists, from moof
21	o  fix a serious error in vhost handling; "Host:.." would allow access to
22	   the next level directory from the virtual root directory, from seanb
23	o  fix some various non standard compile time errors, from rudolf
24	o  fix dynamic CGI content maps, from rudolf
25
26changes since bozohttpd 20100509:
27	o  fix some compile issues
28	o  fix SSL mode.  from rtr
29	o  fix some cgi-bin issues, as seen with cvsweb
30	o  disable multi-file daemon mode for now, it breaks
31	o  return 404's instead of 403's when chdir of ~user dirs fail
32	o  remove "noreturn" attribute from bozo_http_error() that was
33	   causing incorrect runtime behaviour
34
35changes since bozohttpd 20090522:
36	o  major rework and clean up of internal interfaces.  move the main
37	   program into main.c, the remaining parts are useable as library.
38	   add bindings for lua.  by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@netbsd.org>
39	o  fix http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=566325
40
41changes since bozohttpd 20090417:
42	o  avoid dying in daemon mode for some uncommon, but recoverable, errors
43	o  close leaking file descriptors for CGI and daemon mode
44	o  handle poll errors properly
45	o  don't try to handle more than one request per process yet
46	o  add subdirs for build "debug" and "small" versions
47	o  clean up a bad merge / duplicate code
48	o  make mmap() usage portable, fixes linux & ranges: support
49	o  document the -f option
50	o  daemon mode now serves 6 files per child
51
52changes since bozohttpd 20080303:
53	o  make bozohttpd internally more modular, preparing the way
54	   to handle more than one request per process
55	o  fix http-auth, set $REMOTE_USER not $REMOTEUSER.  also fix
56	   cgi-bin with cvsweb, from Holger Weiss <holger@CIS.FU-Berlin.DE>
57	o  fix an uninitialised variable use in daemon mode
58	o  fix ssl mode with newer OpenSSL
59	o  mmap large files in manageable sizes so we can serve any size file
60	o  refactor url processing to handle query strings correctly for CGI
61	   from Sergey Katsev at Coyote Point
62	o  add If-Modified-Since support, from Joerg Sonnenberger
63	   <joerg@netbsd.org>
64	o  many more manual fixes, from NetBSD
65
66changes since bozohttpd 20060710:
67	o  fix some cgi header processing, from <thelsdj@gmail.com>
68	o  add simple Range: header processing, from <bad@bsd.de>
69	o  man page fixes, from NetBSD
70	o  clean up various parts, from NetBSD
71
72changes since bozohttpd 20060517:
73	o  prefix some function names with "bozo"
74	o  align directory indexing <hr> markers
75	o  clean up some code GCC4 grumbled about
76
77changes since bozohttpd 20050410:
78	o  don't allow "/.." or "../" files
79	o  don't write ":80" into urls for the http port
80	o  fix a fd leak when fork() fails
81	o  make directory indexing mode not look so ugly
82	o  build a text version of the manual page
83	o  make "make clean" work properly
84
85changes since bozohttpd 20040808:
86	o  fix some off-by-one errors from <roland.illig@gmx.de>
87	o  properly support nph- CGI
88	o  make content maps case insensitive
89	o  fix proto header merging to include the missing comma
90	o  major source reorganisation; most features are in separate files now
91	o  new -V flag that makes unknown virtualhosts use slashdir
92	   from <rumble@ephemeral.org>
93	o  HTTP/1.x protocol headers are now properly merged for CGI
94
95changes since bozohttpd 20040218:
96	o  CGI status is now properly handled (-a flag has been removed)
97	o  CGI file upload support works
98	o  %xy translations are no longer ever applied after the first '?',
99	   ala RFC2396.  from lukem
100	o  daemon mode (-b) should no longer hang spinning forever if it
101	   sees no children.  from lukem
102	o  new .bzabsredirect file support. from <martin@netbsd.org>
103	o  return a 404 error if we see %00 or %2f (/)
104	o  don't print 2 "200" headers for CGI
105	o  support .torrent files
106
107changes since bozohttpd 20031005:
108	o  new .bzredirect file support for sane directory redirection
109	o  new -Z option that enables SSL mode, from <rtr@eterna.com.au>
110	o  the -C option has been changed to take two explicit options, rather
111	   than a single option with a space separating the suffix and the
112	   interpreter.  ``-C ".foo /path/to/bar"'' should now be written
113	   as ``-C .foo /path/to/bar''
114	o  the -M option has been changed like -C and no longer requires or
115	   supports a single argument with space-separated options
116	o  with -a, still print the 200 OK.  from <rtr@eterna.com.au>
117	o  with -r, if a .bzdirect file appears in a directory, allow direct
118	   access to this directory
119
120changes since bozohttpd 20030626:
121	o  fixes for basic authorisation.  from <ecu@ipv42.net>
122	o  always display file size in directory index mode
123	o  add .xbel, .xml & .xsl -> text/xml mappings.  from
124	   <wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at>
125
126changes since bozohttpd 20030409:
127	o  fix a recent core dump when given no input
128	o  add new -r flag that ensures referrer is set to this host
129	o  fix several compile time errors with -DNO_CGIBIN_SUPPORT
130	o  fix some man page details. from lukem@wasabisystems.com
131	o  re-add a missing memset(), fixing a core dump. from lukem
132	o  support HTTP basic authorisation, disabled by default.  from lukem
133	o  print the port number in redirects and errors. from lukem
134	o  only syslog the basename of the program. from lukem
135	o  add __attribute__() format checking. from lukem
136	o  fix cgibin SCRIPT_NAME to have a leading /.  from zakj@nox.cx
137	o  simplify some code in -C to avoid a core dump.  from lukem
138	o  add a .css -> css/text entry to the content_map[].  from zakj@nox.cx
139
140changes since bozohttpd 20030313:
141	o  -d without DEBUG enabled only prints one warning and continues
142	o  one can now define the C macro SERVER_SOFTWARE when building to
143	   change the Server: header and CGI variable of the same name
144	o  add new -s flag the force logging output to stderr. from zakj@nox.cx
145	o  add new -a flag for CGI bin that stops bozohttpd from outputting
146	   any HTTP reply, the CGI program must output these.  from zakj@nox.cx
147	o  new REQUEST_URI and DATE_GMT environment variables for CGI.  from
148	   zakj@nox.cx
149	o  add a "Makefile.boot" that should work with any make program
150	o  build on linux again
151	o  fix core dumps when using -C
152
153changes since bozohttpd 20021106:
154	o  deprecate -r flag; make this the default and silently ignore -r now
155	o  add support for file extentions to call CGI programs (from lukem)
156	o  add dynamic support to add new content map entries, allowing both
157	   new file types and non /cgi-bin CGI programs to be run with the
158	   new -C "suffix cgihandler" and -M "suffix type encoding encoding11"
159	   options
160	o  in -b mode, set the http date after accept() returns, not before we
161	   call accept()
162	o  in -b mode, bind all addresses found not just the first one
163	o  unsupport old hostname API
164	o  in -b mode, set the SO_REUSEADDR socket option (lukem)
165	o  allow -x (index.html) mode to work with CGI handlers
166
167changes since bozohttpd 5.15 (20020913):
168	o  add .bz2 support
169	o  properly escape <, > and & in error messages, partly from
170	   Nicolas Jombart <ecu@mariejeanne.net>
171	o  new -H flag to hide .* files in directory index mode
172	o  fix buffer reallocation when parsing a request, to avoid
173	   overflowing the buffer with carriage returns (\r)
174	o  do not decode "%XY"-style cgi-bin data beyond the "?"
175
176changes since bozohttpd 5.14 (20020823):
177	o  add .ogg support -> `application/x-ogg'
178	o  fix CGI requests with "/" in the query part
179
180changes since bozohttpd 5.13 (20020804):
181	o  allow -X mode to work for "/"
182	o  work on systems without MADV_SEQUENTIAL
183	o  make a local cut-down copy of "queue.h" (fixes linux & solaris
184	   support at the very least)
185	o  portability fixes for pre-ipv6 socket api systems (eg, solaris 7)
186	o  portability fixes for missing _PATH_DEFPATH, LOG_FTP and __progname
187	o  better documentation on virtual host support
188
189changes since bozohttpd 5.12 (20020803):
190	o  support .mp3 files (type audio/mpeg)
191	o  use stat() to find out if something is a directory, for -X mode
192
193changes since bozohttpd 5.11 (20020730):
194	o  constification
195	o  fixes & enhancements for directory index mode (-X)
196
197changes since bozohttpd 5.10 (20020710):
198	o  more man page fixes from Thomas Klausner
199	   <wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at>
200	o  de-K&R C-ification
201	o  fix Date: header for daemon mode
202	o  fix core dump when asking for /cgi-bin/ when CGI isn't configured
203	o  use a valid Server: header
204
205changes since bozohttpd 5.09 (20010922):
206	- add freebsd support
207	- fix a couple of header typos
208	- many cgi-bin fixes from lukem@netbsd.org
209	- add -T chrootdir and -U user, plus several minor other cleanups
210	with signals and return values.  from xs@kittenz.org
211	- add -e that does not clear the environment for -T/-U
212	- fix a formatting error noticed by ISIHARA Takanori <ishit@oak.dti.ne.jp>
213
214changes since bozohttpd 5.08 (20010812):
215	- add a daemon mode
216	- document how to use bozohttpd in netbsd inetd with more than 40
217	connections per minute and also with cgibin
218	- man page fixes from wiz@netbsd.org
219
220changes since bozohttpd 5.07 (20010610):
221	- add directory index generation support (-X) from ad@netbsd.org
222	- add .pa as an alias for .pac
223	- make server software version configurable (RFC)
224
225changes since bozohttpd 5.06 (20000825):
226	- add .png support
227	- new "-x index.html" flag to change default file
228	- new "-p public_html" flag to change default ~user directory
229	- fixes cgi-bin support and more from chuck@research.att.com
230	- add many new content-types, now support most common ones
231
232changes since bozohttpd 5.05 (20000815):
233	- add IPv6 suppor from itojun@iijlab.net
234	- man page fixes from jlam@netbsd.org
235
236changes since bozohttpd 5.04 (20000427):
237	- fix a virtual host bug, from kleink@netbsd.org
238
239changes since bozohttpd 5.03 (20000427):
240	- fix virtual host support; URI takes precedence over Host:
241
242changes since bozohttpd 5.02 (20000426):
243	- fix a bug with chdir()
244
245changes since bozohttpd 5.01 (20000421):
246	- .pac spport from simonb
247
248changes since bozohttpd 5.00 (19990519):
249	- .swf support
250	- virtual hosting support
251
252