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@@ -1,110 +1,106 @@ - Apache HTTP Server - - What is it? - ----------- - - The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant - web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP - Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the - Internet. As a project of the Apache Software Foundation, the - developers aim to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust, - commercial-grade, standards-based server with freely available - source code. - - The Latest Version - ------------------ - - Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP - server project page under https://httpd.apache.org/. - - Documentation - ------------- - - The documentation available as of the date of this release is - included in HTML format in the docs/manual/ directory. The most - up-to-date documentation can be found at - https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/. - - Installation - ------------ - - Please see the file called INSTALL. Platform specific notes can be - found in README.platforms. - - Licensing - --------- - - Please see the file called LICENSE. - - Cryptographic Software Notice - ----------------------------- - - This distribution may include software that has been designed for use - with cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside - may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export - to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption - software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies - concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption - software, to see if this is permitted. See <https://www.wassenaar.org/> - for more information. - - The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and - Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity - Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security - software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric - algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation - distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception - ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS - Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object - code and source code. - - The following provides more details on the included files that - may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software: - - Apache httpd 2.0 and later versions include the mod_ssl module under - modules/ssl/ - for configuring and listening to connections over SSL encrypted - network sockets by performing calls to a general-purpose encryption - library, such as OpenSSL or the operating system's platform-specific - SSL facilities. - - In addition, some versions of apr-util provide an abstract interface - for symmetrical cryptographic functions that make use of a - general-purpose encryption library, such as OpenSSL, NSS, or the - operating system's platform-specific facilities. This interface is - known as the apr_crypto interface, with implementation beneath the - /crypto directory. The apr_crypto interface is used by the - mod_session_crypto module available under - modules/session - for optional encryption of session information. - - Some object code distributions of Apache httpd, indicated with the - word "crypto" in the package name, may include object code for the - OpenSSL encryption library as distributed in open source form from - <https://www.openssl.org/source/>. - - The above files are optional and may be removed if the cryptographic - functionality is not desired or needs to be excluded from redistribution. - Distribution packages of Apache httpd that include the word "nossl" - in the package name have been created without the above files and are - therefore not subject to this notice. - - Contacts - -------- - - o If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes, - security fixes, general news and information about the Apache server - subscribe to the apache-announce mailing list as described under - <https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce> - - o If you want freely available support for running Apache please see the - resources at <https://httpd.apache.org/support.html> - - o If you have a concrete bug report for Apache please see the instructions - for bug reporting at <https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html> - - o If you want to participate in actively developing Apache please - subscribe to the `dev@httpd.apache.org' mailing list as described at - <https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev> +# Apache HTTP Server + +## What is it? + +The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant +web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP +Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the +Internet. As a project of the Apache Software Foundation, the +developers aim to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust, +commercial-grade, standards-based server with freely available +source code. + +## The Latest Version + +Details of the latest version can be found on the [Apache HTTP +server project page](https://httpd.apache.org/). + +## Documentation + +The documentation available as of the date of this release is +included in HTML format in the docs/manual/ directory. The most +up-to-date documentation can be found at +[https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/). + +## Installation + +Please see the file called `INSTALL`. Platform specific notes can be +found in `README.platforms`. + +## Licensing + +Please see the file called `LICENSE`. + +## Cryptographic Software Notice + +This distribution may include software that has been designed for use +with cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside +may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export +to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption +software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies +concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption +software, to see if this is permitted. See +[https://www.wassenaar.org/](https://www.wassenaar.org/) +for more information. + +The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and +Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity +Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security +software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric +algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation +distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception +ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS +Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object +code and source code. + +The following provides more details on the included files that +may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software: + +Apache httpd 2.0 and later versions include the mod_ssl module under +`modules/ssl/` +for configuring and listening to connections over SSL encrypted +network sockets by performing calls to a general-purpose encryption +library, such as OpenSSL or the operating system's platform-specific +SSL facilities. + +In addition, some versions of apr-util provide an abstract interface +for symmetrical cryptographic functions that make use of a +general-purpose encryption library, such as OpenSSL, NSS, or the +operating system's platform-specific facilities. This interface is +known as the `apr_crypto` interface, with implementation beneath the +`/crypto` directory. The `apr_crypto` interface is used by the +`mod_session_crypto` module available under +`modules/session` +for optional encryption of session information. + +Some object code distributions of Apache httpd, indicated with the +word "crypto" in the package name, may include object code for the +OpenSSL encryption library as distributed in open source form from +[https://www.openssl.org/source/](https://www.openssl.org/source/). + +The above files are optional and may be removed if the cryptographic +functionality is not desired or needs to be excluded from redistribution. +Distribution packages of Apache httpd that include the word "nossl" +in the package name have been created without the above files and are +therefore not subject to this notice. + +## Contacts + + * If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes, + security fixes, general news and information about the Apache server + subscribe to the apache-announce mailing list as described under + [https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce](https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce) + + * If you want freely available support for running Apache please see the + resources at + [https://httpd.apache.org/support.html](https://httpd.apache.org/support.html) + + * If you have a concrete bug report for Apache please see the instructions + for bug reporting at + [https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html](https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html) + + * If you want to participate in actively developing Apache please + subscribe to the `dev@httpd.apache.org` mailing list as described at + [https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev](https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev) |