[STATUS] (httpd-proxy) Wed Aug 15 23:45:19 EDT 2001

HTTPD PROXY STATUS:
Last modified at [$Date: 2001/08/13 16:36:59 $]

Release:

intended for 1.3/2.0 release date

httpd 1.3.x)

   Source for HTTP/1.1 mod_proxy is now available     in httpd-proxy/module-1.0/ via CVS
   Note: this code now maintains binary compatibility

   first HTTP/1.1 support patch complete; available at    http://dev.apache.org/dist/patches/apply_to_1.3.19/

   Current HTTP/1.1 patch at
   http://dev.apache.org/dist/patches/apply_to_1.3-current

httpd 2.0)

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   work ongoing
   Graham's patches for httpd-2.0 committed

httpd 2.0+)

   email block diagrams exchanged, and clarified a little    talk about these at ApacheCon AFA a new proxy and cache design

       got good feedback from Theo and Ian

RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS: a), b), c) below.

2.0

• problems with akamai proxies - under investigation This problem is fixed on FreeBSD 4.3 and Linux 2.2 as of 6/26/01
• Something involving the PROXY_DECLARE declarations keeps the proxy from working as a DSO on AIX.
• Remove the last bits of non-threadsafe code. inet_ntoa springs to mind.

RELEASE NON-SHOWSTOPPERS BUT WOULD BE REAL NICE TO WRAP THESE UP: 1.3.x

• Ronald Tschaler's patch to mod_proxy to allow other modules to set headers too (needed by mod_auth_digest) Message-ID: <199907080712.JAA28269@chill.innovation.ch> Status: TBD
• announce to current-testers@ to get some looking at
• possibly to fold this into a later release (1.3.20++?) currently being maintained as a separate code base + patch
• Bill Rowe's suggested fix for Win32 - done
• Kwindla Kramer's patches for downstream cache control Message-ID: <15089.34684.423523.700807@khk.allafrica.com> Status: under consideration
• Luis Londono's mod_ssl post patch to fix up after mod_ssl installed Message-ID: <019801c0dca9$9e80aa70$448553d8@nisbic.com> Status: this needs to go to the mod_ssl guys

2.0

• announce to current-testers@ to get some looking at
• Audit all calls to ap_[get,pass]_brigade, and check that the return values are inspected and acted upon correctly. As it is, we blithely ignore FAR too many of these calls. General return code audit would be nice too...
• problems when streaming mp3 from live365.com, and audio stream dies and reconnects - we seem to be hanging on the stream close, since the client (iTunes) may not be actually closing the connection (not believed to be an HTTP proxy problem)
• Remove any and all code tied to IPv4, for IPv6 compatibility. Go looking for in_addr.
• Possibly set SO_REUSEPORT in the ftp proxy, as some ftp servers may need it.
• Possible proxy waiting scoreboard state

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2.0+

• none

Other known bugs that need fixing:

1.3.x

• many PRs to be cleaned up

2.0

• none

2.0+

• none

Other features that need writing:

1.3.x

• mod_rewrite and possibly mod_include cleanup

2.0

• none

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2.0+

• none

Documentation that needs editing:

1.3.x

• mod_proxy.html (needs a once-over)

2.0

• mod_proxy.html

2.0+

• none

Available Patches:

1.3.x

• PR#3489 patch for NoCache/mod_rewrite problem

2.0

• none

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2.0+

• none

Open Issues:

• Eventual reintegration into httpd-2.0. The basic criteria are:
  1. The code compiles and runs as often as any code in the tree
  2. The functionality makes sense for an HTTP proxy
  3. There is an active maintainer who is or can become an ASF member.
• announce to current-testers@ to get some looking at (1.3/2.0 both)
• announce for inclusion vote and Graham commit privs - done (sort of)

Problem reports to clean up (finally):
NOTE: These are pulled directly from httpd-2.0's STATUS.

• PR#362: mod_proxy Mod_proxy doesn't allow change of error pages Status:
• PR#440: mod_proxy Proxy doesn't deliver documents if not connected Status:
• PR#534: mod_proxy proxy converts ~name to %7Ename when name starts with a dot (.) Status:
• PR#612: mod_proxy Proxy FTP Authentication Fails Status:
• PR#700: mod_proxy Proxy doesn't do links right for OpenVMS files through ftp: Status:
• PR#980: mod_proxy Controlling Access to Remote Proxies would be nice... Status:
• PR#994: mod_proxy Adding authentication "on the fly" through the proxy module Status:
• PR#1085: mod_proxy ProxyRemote make a dead cycle. Status:
• PR#1166: mod_proxy ``nph-'' not honored (no buffering) for ProxyRemote mapping Status:
• PR#1290: mod_proxy Need to know "hit-rate" on proxy cache Status:
• PR#1532: mod_proxy Proxy transfer logging Status:
• PR#1547: mod_proxy No HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR set... Status:
• PR#1567: mod_proxy ProxyRemote proxy requests fail authentication by firewall Status:
• PR#1702: mod_proxy mod_proxy to support persistent conns? Status:
• PR#1878: mod_proxy listing of proxy cache content Status:
• PR#2314: mod_proxy patterns in ProxyRemote Status:
• PR#3568: mod_proxy Accessing URL through proxy server corrupts data. Status:
• PR#3605: mod_proxy Some anonymous FTP URLs ask for authentication Status: