Roxen WebServer X 4.0.425 review

Roxen WebServer is an enterprise level web server software that is open source.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 2K Developer: Roxen Internet Software Price: $0.00 Updated: 06 Mar 2006

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Roxen WebServer is an enterprise level web server software that is open source. Due to a serious bug in MacOS X 10.0 you cannot run Roxen multi-threaded at this time. Apple is working on a solution.

Here are some key features of "Roxen WebServer X":
Perl Support - Inline and cached CGI
Java Server Pages
Form Verification - Auto-verify input in Web forms [New RXML tag ]
Data Sources - Access to additional data sources [Extended tag , especially suitable together with ]
Performance - New faster http module
Documentation - RXML tutorial and improved reference manual
Module Programming - The Roxen Module API has been modified -- never before has it been as easy to develop really cool modules in Pike or Java -- the open API is now also documented.

What's New:
Improvements:
Installation: A new Windows installer.
Administration interface: Module-specific action buttons are kept separated from standard buttons.
Administration interface: Slight CSS changes to headers in admin interface.
DB: WebServer now includes ExtSQL module for Oracle (enabled with USE_EXTSQL_ORACLE).
RXML: can now randomize its output.
RXML: Added .
RXML: Added exclude-invisible-layers in .
RXML: Added remove-illegal-xml-chars attribute to .
Modules: Implemented periodic polling of include files in Redirect module.
Core: Support SIGWINCH to generate thread dumps.
Core: Added Opera 9 to supports system.

Bug Fixes:
Installation: Added comment on environment2 in buildenv.pike [Bug 3138] .
Installation: Tweaked initialization of environment for Java and NPTL.
Administration interface: Only show settings for one port at a time (fixes an error msg).
Administration interface: Updated warning and error icons for better recognition.
DB: get_my_table() copes with module names containing -.
DB: "Copy or Move" wizard renamed to "Copy or Rename".
DB: Removed support for moving from internal to external.
DB: Hide URL for internal DBs.
DB: Removed type field.
DB: Fixed bug with clearing of external DBs.
DB: Fixed database group creation problem.
DB: Allow trailing slash in URL.
DB: Connect directly to DB manager instead of MySQL to verify working URL.
DB: Nicer formatting of database list.
DB: Fixed cache flush when set_url() is called.
RXML: Fixed scope bug [Bug 3875] .
RXML: Fixed P-code version encoding for 64-bit systems.
RXML: Autodoc syntax fixes.
RXML: Workaround for verification on Windows [Bug 3992] .
RXML: Hide internal attributes in , and output.
RXML: LDAP tags now support binddn attribute; updated tagdoc.
RXML: Improvements to database format used by .
RXML: now handles invalid ranges in less strict ways.
RXML: Better error handling in .
RXML: Don't signal error in for certain data types.
RXML: Improved error handling of missing content in various tags.
RXML: now tunnels more attributes (e.g. class, id).
RXML: Better termination of links in .
RXML: Fixed column sorting, better attribute filtering [Bug 3416] .
RXML: Better attribute filtering in .
Modules: Redirect module no longer uses backend thread.
Modules: Allow to redirect with query part in Redirect module.
ModuleS: Added wide-string support to Relay2 module.
Protocols: try_get_file() sets character set in result mapping.
Protocols: New method location_url() returning http/https URL for a module's mountpoint.
Protocols: changes to output_charset handling, added get_output_charset().
Protocols: Privileges fix in handling of PUT in file systems.
Protocols: FTP protocol fix [Bug 3930] .
Protocols: Changes to HTTP protocol handling of wide headers.
Protocols: HTTP protocol fix for incorrect connection headers [Bug 4040] .
Protocols: Updated use of _Roxen->make_http_headers().
Core: Warning for duplicate modules with the same name.
Core: ArgCache server secret database field definition changed to BINARY.
Core: Include port object in InternalRequestID.
Core: Turned off module dumping for Postgres and Msql modules.
Core: Improved warnings in module_dependencies().
Core: Fixed race condition in font handlers.
Core: Fix for backtrace in Sitebuilder Link Browser [Bug 3967] .
Core: JavaScript library changes for improved Opera 9 and Mozilla compatibility.
Core: Safari 1.3/2.0 workaround in JavaScripts handling dynamic popups.
Core: File system modules got chmod fixes.
Core: Fixed WebDAV directory creation in userfs module and added workaround for normalize_path().
Misc: Expire headers added to example pages.
Misc: Remove from server name.
Misc: Domain list updated in Map.pmod.
Improvement and bug tickets closed: 3138, 3416, 3875, 3930, 3967, 3992, 4040.