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iServer Version 1.7.0 01/09/2000
  • ported stop_iws/restart_iws to UNIX/Linux
  • ported updated Apache Gateway to UNIX/Linux
  • added Servlet Chaining example
  • added support for chaining Servlets when the response matches a specific mimetype
  • added stop_iws/restart_iws C wrapper for easy access to iwsCommand
  • added iwsCommand used to restart/stop the server from the command line
  • added support for virtual hosting
  • added support for enabling/disabling Servlet Chaining
  • added support for Servlet Chaining
  • added remote_admin parameter to iws.ini used to enable/disable remote administration of server
  • added backlog parameter to iws.ini used to specify size of client request backlog kept by ServerSocket
  • added %base_uri% variable to session.ini used to specify base URI to session path
  • added %base_uri% variable to templates.ini used to specify base URI in access log
  • added %query_string% variable to templates.ini used to specify query string in access log
  • combined servlets.ini and filters.ini configuration files into servlets.ini
  • ServletTagServlet now can be used within a Servlet Chain
  • List Employees and Connection Pool examples now used new included sample database
  • created sample Microsoft Access database to replace use of Microsoft Adventure Works database
  • iws and javaGateway C wrappers now support java_exe environmental variable with embedded Java VM parameters
  • mimetype definitions for .shtml and .ssi are now associated with text/html instead of application/ssi
  • iws and javaGateway C wrappers now remove temporary files on termination signals
  • removed filters from Administrator
  • removed filters from Documentation
  • documented directory tree
  • documented setting up iServer as an Windows 9x/NT Service
  • documented automatically starting iServer in Windows 9x/NT from the StartUp directory
  • documented iwsCommand and restart_iws and stop_iws C wrappers
  • added FileCache.capacity(), FileCache.size(), FileCache.resize(), iws.hosts, iws.getBaseDirectory(), Utils.extractCookie(), Utils.getRootHandler(), Utils.concatParameters(), Utils.mergeParameters(), AccessLogEntry.baseURI, and AccessLogEntry.queryString to documented APIs
  • documented administration of Virtual Hosts
  • updated documented classes
  • updated log file documentation
  • updated configuration file documentation
  • updated server installation instructions
  • SSIncludeServlet no longer throws an exception when included file contains embedded SSI directives
  • client requests that result in exception or that are prematurely terminated are no longer logged as 200 OK
  • query string is now being parsed into parameters when request method is POST
  • updated documentation for NSAPI/ISAPI/Apache iServer Gateway installation/configuration
  • NSAPI/ISAPI/Apache iServer Gateways will now try other servers in the workgroup when they are unable to connect to the next server in the list
  • NSAPI/ISAPI/Apache iServer Gateways will remove servers that are down from next list for an interval of time
  • NSAPI/ISAPI/Apache iServer Gateways now support load-balancing and failover
  • NSAPI/ISAPI/Apache iServer Gateways now uses server with session
  • ClusterProxy now tries other servers in the workgroup when it is unable to connect to the next/best server
  • improved ClusterProxy performance by removing servers that are down from next/best list for an interval of time
  • ClusterRedirector now redirects to server with session
  • ClusterProxy now uses server with session
  • InvokerServlet now sends "404 Not Found" when Servlet is not specified or when Servlet can not be found
  • Administrator no longer converts configuration information to lower case
  • iws.init() now catches, reports and logs connection pool initialization errors then continues with server startup
  • RequestHandler.run() and RequestHandler.nextRequest() now catches Errors thrown
  • iws.main() now catches Errors thrown
  • Utils.encodeCookie() now properly sets expires
  • administrator no longer reports valid root directories as not existing when base directory is specified during startup
  • Session.encodeURL() now properly replaces existing session ids with new ones
  • Request.getServerPort() no longer returns 0 as the server port when a valid server port is known
  • logger no longer logs 0 as the server port when a valid server port is known

iServer Version 1.6.2 11/07/1999

  • server can now directly access content and configuration files contained in a JAR file
  • FileServlet can now preload list of files into file cache
  • added CookieTesterServlet example
  • logger can now perform delayed logging
  • ClusterProxy now supports load-balancing
  • new ServletTagServlet added ≶servlet>≶/servlet> tag support
  • added ≶servlet>≶/servlet> tag example
  • documented IOManager, IOHandler and RealmAdministrator APIs
  • added ConsoleLogger
  • OutputStreamLogger is now the base Class used by ConsoleLogger and by FileLogger
  • decodeParameters()/encodeParameters() were added to Utils
  • added configuration page for 3rd party add-ons (JSP/iASP/Perl/iScript)
  • replaced SSI example with ssitester
  • configuration files are now case sensitive
  • Administrator no longer changes keys to lower case
  • created separate help for Administrator
  • changed format used by aliases.ini, servlets.ini and filters.ini to support multiple aliases
  • moved file cache configuration from servers.ini to FileServlet definition in servlets.ini
  • reduced default size of file cache from 8MB to 4MB
  • expanded aliases to include servlets and filters enabling a single instance of a servlet or filter to be used my multiple aliases
  • updated to latest version of Servlet.jar included in JavaServer(tm) WDK (JavaServer(tm) Web Development Kit 1.0)
  • Request.server_variables are no longer stored in a Hashtable
  • improved performance by replacing use of Strings with StringBuffers
  • improved performance by removing redundant code
  • redefined alias .ssi as filter ServletTagServlet
  • separated server and gateway installation instructions
  • updated documentation
  • documented format used by configuration files
  • documented new Utils API methods
  • documented deploying to JAR/ZIP file
  • documented required/optional Classes
  • increaded the default server timeout from 1 second to 5 minutes so that connections do not terminate prematurely because the timeout value is too small
  • RequestHandler how properly supports keep alive
  • Administrator no longer reports valid session timeout values as invalid
  • Startup no longer resets session interval to the minimum value when interval is set to -1
  • Administrator no longer reports that file cache size is not being set
  • Session.isValid() now calls HttpSessionBindingListeners for Unbound event when session is invalidated
  • FileLogger no longer treats absolute paths starting with / as relative paths
  • ServletManager no longer converts Servlet/Realm URI to lower case
  • Utils.parseCookieHeader() no longer throws NoSuchElementException when the cookie value contains an embedded '='
  • DString.extract() now longer returns invalid values when when the delimiters specified are longer than one character
  • FileLogger no longer losses access access log entries when a template is not specified
  • logger no longer logs server port as -1 when the server port is 80
  • Administrator Monitor no longer uses/displays -1 for server port when the server port is 80
  • the file cache no longer grows larger than the maximum size specified
  • FileCache.makeSpace() now frees free enough space before inserting the new item into the file cache
  • ConnectionPool.putConnection() no longer calls Connection.close() repeatedly when extra connections are being closed
  • Administrator no longer writes invalid values for session source in session configuration file

iServer Version 1.6.1 10/07/1999

  • logger now uses logger.ini settings to determine whether or not to log events, errors and access
  • SessionManager is no longer started when interval is set to -1

iServer Version 1.6.0 10/03/1999

  • updated Administrator documentation
  • added dns_lookup to Administrator
  • added ability to disable DNS lookup
  • added Apache/CGI/NSAPI/ISAPI gateways to iServer which allow any Web/Application Server supporting these protocols to run Servlets using iServer as their Java Servlet Engine
  • changed exit code for restarting server under Windows 9x from 1 to 0x7FFF so that when a Java VM error occurs, iws.exe wrapper will not loop endlessly trying to start the server
  • added cgi-bin directory to distribution
  • Utils.getArgs() now handles any embedded = character that may be returned by Request.getPathTranslated()
  • Utils.getParameters() no longer improperly returns arguments along with any parameters
  • Request now removes arguments from query string before calling HttpUtils.parseQueryString() so that HttpUtils.parseQueryString() no longer throws IllegalArgumentException
  • Request.getRequestURI() no longer returns query string along with URI
  • changed how request_length is calulated for access log entries, request_length is now set to total number of bytes sent by the client instead of bytes read from ServletInputStream
  • documented new methods
  • FileCache methods used to interface with the server's file cache are now public
  • ServletManager methods used for loading and unloading Servlets, Filters and Realms and for checking if a specified Servlet, Filter or Realm is presently loaded are now public
  • Utils methods for reading items and loading configuration files are now public
  • iws variables for accessing aliases, mimetypes, messages, resource, servlets, filters, realms, ServletManager and server's file cache are now public
  • iws methods for initializing and shutting down the server and for logging errors are now public
  • iws methods for getting the servers version and getting the mime type of a file are now public
  • Logger methods used for logging events, errors and server access are now public
  • Realm methods for authenticating computers and users and for checking if a given IP address is within a specified range of IP address are now public
  • documented workgroup and computers administration
  • Y2K certified iServer
  • SSIncludeServlet #config TIMEFMT %Y and %C now use 4 digit year
  • FileServlet now generates 4 digit year in directory listings
  • DatabaseRealm and FileRealm now check computers at specified hostname, ip address or ip range for proper access rights and block access when the computer does not have them
  • added computers table to database (iserver.mdb, iserver.sql),
  • added computers to Administrator
  • added computers to access control lists selection form in Administrator
  • Administrator now checks that selected right/user/group/realm/acl are not in use before removing them
  • Administrator can now manage database and file realms
  • Response.ServletOutputStream and Response.PrintWriter now flush the output stream
  • Response.getWriter() no longer outputs response headers when called
  • RequestDispatch.forward() and RequestDispatch.include() no longer throws an exception during processing when the query string is null
  • server security now protect resources using multiple selected access control lists
  • InvokerServlet no longer throws an exception when a Servlet is not specified,
  • InvokerSerlet now calls FileServlet when a Servlet is not specified
  • documented Servlet, Filter and Realm APIs
  • shutdown delay was added to control how long to wait before shutting down the server
  • iws.destroy() now closes the server socket
  • RequestHandler no longer keeps alive the connection when Response Connection header entry is set to close
  • session id from cookie is prefered to session id from url
  • HttpServletResponse.encodeURL() and HttpServletResponse.encodeRedirectURL() now checks for existing session id before encoding url
  • HttpServletResponse.flush() and HttpServletResponse.close() now flushes the output stream
  • Administrator now shows if a servlet, filter or realm is loaded or unloaded
  • Administrator can now oad/unload/reload servlets/filters/realms
  • integrated online help into Administrator
  • Administrator now supports absolute root directory paths
  • Administrator can now be used to monitor and manage a group of servers
  • Administrator now supports add/edit/remove workgroup servers

iServer Version 1.5.0 06/27/1999

  • documented SecurityService API
  • documented Logger, AccessLogEntry, ErrorLogEntry and EventLogEntry APIs
  • updated and expanded documented APIs
  • added support for JSDK version 2.1
  • added InvokerServlet
  • added new security options to Administrator
  • added database security
  • multi form parser no longer times out on read when input stream is terminated by CR/LF
  • Administrator expanded to support new logger options
  • created oracle schemas
  • Basic authentication support now functions properly when Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browser is used
  • added database logger

iServer Version 1.0.0 05/02/1999

  • added FileUpload example
  • added support for multi-part forms

iServer Version 1.0.0 03/15/1999

  • StatusServet no longer throws ClassCastException

iServer Version 1.0.0 03/14/1999

  • getServerName() now properly generates hostname
  • FileServlet now properly handles absolute root directories

iServer Version 1.0.0 02/21/1999

  • updated documentation
  • Administrator can now manage Session configuration
  • Administrator can now be used to specify ip address to use
  • added support for specifying how sessions are maintained on client (url/cookie)
  • added support for listening to requests on single (given) ip address or all ip addresses (multihoming)
  • added support for specifying session cookie parameters (name, comment, domain, path, maxage, secure)
  • separated Request and Response objects from request handler

iServer Version 1.0.0 02/07/1999

  • updated documentation
  • specified root directory can now be an absolute directory path
  • Administrator can now manage logger
  • Logger parameters are now separate from server parameters
  • added support for access/errors/events log file rollover
  • Administrator can now manage Access Log Templates
  • defined templates for popular access log formats
  • Access logger now uses user defined templates

iServer Version 1.0.0 01/26/1999

  • fixed spelling and syntax errors in documentation
  • commented out advworks connection pool because iServer will not start without defined connection pools and most users do not have the sample database
  • error handler date parser now handles invalid dates sent by the browser

iServer Version 1.0.0 01/24/1999

  • added Connection Pool example
  • added Protected Page example
  • added List Employees example
  • added RedirectServlet example
  • updated installation instructions
  • updated build scripts
  • updated documentation
  • Administrator no longer allows users that have logged off from managing the server
  • configuration files were updated
  • deployment files were updated
  • Administrator can now manage Connection Pools, Users, Groups, Realms and Resources
  • added SessionManager thread to invalidate sessions that have timed out
  • added support for http session binding listener/event
  • added support for database connection pools
  • added support for access control lists (ACL)
  • added support for enabled/disabled security
  • added support for file cache
  • redesigned error handling/reporting
  • rewrote object synchronization to minimize the time an object is locked
  • added ClusterRedirector
  • added ClusterMonitor
  • redesigned user interface used by Administrator
  • valid sessions are no longer being improperly invalidated
  • added support for single thread model
  • added ServletManager to handle Servlet operations
  • added support for if-range/range/content-range HTTP 1.1 modifiers
  • fixed bug in error message generator
  • added support for session timeouts
  • added support for enabling/disabling logging of access/events/errors
  • added Logger thread for logging access/events/errors
  • improved performance by preloading messages and directory templates
  • connections are no longer abruptly terminated when stop is selected from the Administrator Control Panel, now the request is logged and the connection is closed before the server is stopped
  • added support for preloading servlets and filters at startup
  • added maximum number connections
  • added restart to Administrator Control Panel
  • added support for if-modified-since/if-unmodified-since HTTP 1.1 modifiers
  • added support for keep alive
  • added detailed explanations to many of the error codes in messages.ini
  • content length is now being recorded in the access log
  • FileServlet now handles file and directory processing

iServer Version 1.0.0 10/25/1998

  • filters are no longer being loaded and initialized more than once
  • CgiServlet now properly handles Date objects sent by SSIncludeServlet
  • removed server variables from request headers
  • server now properly redirects requests to default page
  • HTTP_ is no longer added to request header variables
  • content length is now set to -1 when it is not known
  • removed iScriptServlet
  • removed .ctf definition from filters.ini

iServer Version 1.0.0 10/15/1998

  • server no longer throws NullPointerException when configuration files are not found
  • added jsdk.jar to distribution
  • updated installation instructions
  • updated license agreement
  • updated documentation

iServer Version 1.0.0 10/11/1998

  • initial release of iServer
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