Inets Release Notes
Inets 2.5.1
Improvements and new features
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New option added to httpd_core: BindAddress. BindAddress defines
which address the server will listen to.
Bugs reported since R5 has been fixed.
Own Id: OTP-3295
Inets 2.5
Fixed errors and malfunctions
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Possible error codes from http_socket were not handled. Corrected.
Own Id: OTP-3214
Aux Id: Seq 3752
Improvements and new features
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Errors in the examples and documentation were corrected.
Own Id: OTP-3263
Aux Id: seq 3921
Inets 2.3
Fixed errors and malfunctions
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ftp:open crashed if connection was closed before a complete welcome message was received,
this is now fixed.
Own Id: OTP-2723
Aux Id: HA98434, seq 1151
Improvements and new features
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The authentication modules have been rewritten with support for
dets, plain and mnesia authentication databases. There is also
a new module called 'mod_secrity', which implements security
event logging and notification. Both the mod_auth and
mod_security modules have an API for the programmer that
implements functions they will require to have full control
over access restricted parts of a site.
NOTE: The mod_auth_mnesia module does not implement the API
previously found there, please see the mod_auth
documentation.
Own Id: OTP-2281
Aux Id: seq 740,OTP-2273
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Support for the sockets application has been removed from INETS, use SocketType ssl or ip_comm
instead.
Own Id: OTP-2848
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The HTTP server has got improved efficiency through recognition of the 'If-Modified-Since'
header field.
Own Id: OTP-2870
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CGI scripts are now supported on Windows aswell as UNIX platforms.
Own Id: OTP-2915
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mod_auth now supports the 'deny from' directive.
Own Id: OTP-2982
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The HTTP server now experimentaly supports persistent connections (as defined in RFC2068). This is the first step towards HTTP/1.1 support. Enabling this feature may greatly improve performance, as the server then uses the same TCP connection for more than one HTTP request.
Two new configuration directives are defined for httpd_core:
KeepAlive max-requests
KeepAliveTimeout seconds
Own Id: OTP-3032
You can find older release note
here.