Apache Version 1.3 (and up) What is it? ----------- Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for the NCSA server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in the NCSA server and includes many frequently requested new features, and has an API which allows it to be extended to meet users' needs more easily. The Latest Version ------------------ Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP server project page under http://httpd.apache.org/. Documentation ------------- The documentation available as of the date of this release is also included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory. For the most up-to-date documentation can be found on http://httpd.apache.org/docs/. Installation ------------ From Apache version 1.3 and up you have two possibilities to build and install the Apache package: The old commonly known but manual way from Apache 1.2 and below and the new out-of-the-box way through the new Apache Autoconf-style Interface (APACI). For detailed instructions see the file INSTALL in this directory. Licensing --------- Please see the file called LICENSE. Acknowledgments ---------------- We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that make up portions of the Apache software: Portions of this software were developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, including various modifications by Spyglass Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, and Bell Communications Research, Inc (Bellcore). This package contains a modified version of software written and copyrighted by Henry Spencer. Please see the file called src/regex/COPYRIGHT. The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (http://www.valicert.com/).