Apache 2.2 is Out
The earth-shattering feature of Apache 2.2 is RFC 2817 SSL Upgrade. Basically, any HTTP connection can upgrade itself to HTTPS without reestablishing.
This means you can do SSL on virtual hosts without a dedicated IP address. This will greatly increase the penetration of SSL (plus free certs like CaCert) and encryption in general. The $5/mo webhosters will be able to offer SSL to clients. Ubiquitous encryption considered good.
This is, of course, a Catch-22 - there are no browsers with the capability yet (let’s get Mozilla going…) but this is the necessary first step. Come back in a couple years and see how things are going.
Oh, and I’m happy about the Cookie proxying patches which I reported against 2.0 but were applied to 2.1. This is the only Apache feature I’ve ever had a hand in designing so I’m happy to see it available. Basically, anything you do with cookies (paths, domains) should be properly proxied now. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Yay!
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