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authorMicael Karlberg <[email protected]>2011-05-16 09:46:10 +0200
committerMicael Karlberg <[email protected]>2011-05-16 09:46:10 +0200
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OTP-9094: [httpc] Add support for upload body streaming (PUT and POST).
Filipe David Manana OTP-9114: [ftp] Added (type) spec for all exported functions. OTP-9123: mod_esi:deliver/2 made to accept binary data. Bernard Duggan OTP-9124: [httpd] Prevent XSS in error pages. Michael Santos OTP-9131: [httpd] Wrong security property names used in documentation. Garrett Smith OTP-9157: [httpd] Improved error messages. Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez OTP-9158: [httpd] Fix timeout message generated by mod_esi. Bernard Duggan OTP-9202: [httpd] Extended support for file descriptors. Attila Rajmund Nohl OTP-9230: The default ssl kind has now been changed to essl. OTP-9246: [httpc] httpc manager crash because of a handler retry race condition. Merge branch 'bmk/inets/inet56_integration' into dev
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/inets/doc/src')
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml69
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml14
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml54
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml29
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml137
6 files changed, 235 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
index 8f68087871..f6b6827e93 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
@@ -76,38 +76,37 @@ socket_opt() = See the Options used by gen_tcp(3) and
<p>For more information about HTTP see rfc 2616</p>
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
-method() = head | get | put | post | trace | options | delete
-request() = {url(), headers()} |
- {url(), headers(), content_type(), body()}
-url() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 2396, ex: "http://www.erlang.org"
-status_line() = {http_version(), status_code(), reason_phrase()}
-http_version() = string() ex: "HTTP/1.1"
-status_code() = integer()
-reason_phrase() = string()
-content_type() = string()
-headers() = [header()]
-header() = {field(), value()}
-field() = string()
-value() = string()
-body() = string() | binary()
-filename() = string()
+method() = head | get | put | post | trace | options | delete
+request() = {url(), headers()} |
+ {url(), headers(), content_type(), body()}
+url() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 2396, ex: "http://www.erlang.org"
+status_line() = {http_version(), status_code(), reason_phrase()}
+http_version() = string() ex: "HTTP/1.1"
+status_code() = integer()
+reason_phrase() = string()
+content_type() = string()
+headers() = [header()]
+header() = {field(), value()}
+field() = string()
+value() = string()
+body() = string() |
+ binary() |
+ {fun(accumulator()) -> body_processing_result(),
+ accumulator()} |
+ {chunkify,
+ fun(accumulator()) -> body_processing_result(),
+ accumulator()}
+body_processing_result() = eof | {ok, iolist(), accumulator()}
+accumulator() = term()
+filename() = string()
]]></code>
</section>
<section>
<title>SSL DATA TYPES </title>
- <p>Some type definitions relevant when using https,
- for details <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso>: </p>
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
-ssl_options() = {verify, code()} |
- {depth, depth()} |
- {certfile, path()} |
- {keyfile, path()} |
- {password, string()} |
- {cacertfile, path()} |
- {ciphers, string()}
- ]]></code>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> for information
+ about ssl options (<c>ssloptions()</c>). </p>
</section>
<section>
@@ -142,8 +141,9 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} |
<fsummary>Sends a get HTTP-request</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Url = url() </v>
- <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), body()} |
- {status_code(), body()} | request_id() </v>
+ <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} |
+ {status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v>
+ <v>Body = string() | binary()</v>
<v>Profile = profile()</v>
<v>Reason = term() </v>
</type>
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} |
<v>http_options() = [http_option()]</v>
<v>http_option() = {timeout, timeout()} |
{connect_timeout, timeout()} |
- {ssl, ssl_options()} |
- {ossl, ssl_options()} |
- {essl, ssl_options()} |
+ {ssl, ssloptions()} |
+ {ossl, ssloptions()} |
+ {essl, ssloptions()} |
{autoredirect, boolean()} |
{proxy_auth, {userstring(), passwordstring()}} |
{version, http_version()} |
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} |
<v>Function = atom() </v>
<v>Args = list() </v>
<v>body_format() = string | binary </v>
- <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), body()} |
- {status_code(), body()} | request_id() </v>
+ <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} |
+ {status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v>
+ <v>Body = string() | binary()</v>
<v>Profile = profile() </v>
<v>Reason = {connect_failed, term()} |
{send_failed, term()} | term() </v>
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} |
<tag><c><![CDATA[ssl]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This is the default ssl config option, currently defaults to
- <c>ossl</c>, see below. </p>
+ <c>essl</c>, see below. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>. </p>
</item>
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml
index 6470b6fac7..edacb73b65 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
<c>ossl</c> specifically uses the OpenSSL based (old) SSL.
<c>essl</c> specifically uses the Erlang based (new) SSL.
When using <c>ssl</c> it <em>currently</em> defaults to
- <c>ossl</c>. </p>
+ <c>essl</c>. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>ip_comm</c>. </p>
</item>
@@ -794,14 +794,14 @@ bytes
<marker id="sdir_prop"></marker>
<p> Here follows the valid properties for security directories</p>
<taglist>
- <tag>{security_data_file, path()}</tag>
+ <tag>{data_file, path()}</tag>
<item>
Name of the security data file. The filename can either
absolute or relative to the server_root. This file is used to
store persistent data for the mod_security module. </item>
- <tag>{security_max_retries, integer()}</tag>
+ <tag>{max_retries, integer()}</tag>
<item> Specifies the maximum number of tries to authenticate a
user has before the user is blocked out. If a user
@@ -811,13 +811,13 @@ bytes
server will return 401 (Unauthorized), for security
reasons. Defaults to 3 may also be set to infinity.</item>
- <tag>{security_block_time, integer()}</tag>
+ <tag>{block_time, integer()}</tag>
<item> Specifies the number of minutes a user is blocked. After
this amount of time, he automatically regains access.
Defaults to 60</item>
- <tag>{security_fail_expire_time, integer()}</tag>
+ <tag>{fail_expire_time, integer()}</tag>
<item>
Specifies the number of minutes a failed user authentication
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ bytes
time, his previous failed authentications are
forgotten. Defaults to 30</item>
- <tag>{security_auth_timeout, integer()}</tag>
+ <tag>{auth_timeout, integer()}</tag>
<item>
Specifies the number of seconds a successful user
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml
index c367d7fa77..a2bf42320f 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
<erlref>
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
<modulesummary>The inets services API</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module provides the most basic API to the
- clients and servers, that are part of the Inets application,
- such as start and stop. </p>
+ clients and servers, that are part of the Inets application,
+ such as start and stop. </p>
+
+ <marker id="common_data_types"></marker>
</description>
<section>
@@ -42,7 +44,10 @@
this module: </p>
<p><c> service() = ftpc | tftp | httpc | httpd</c></p>
<p><c> property() = atom() </c></p>
+ <marker id="functions"></marker>
+ <marker id="services"></marker>
</section>
+
<funcs>
<func>
<name>services() -> [{Service, Pid}]</name>
@@ -54,11 +59,13 @@
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of currently running services.</p>
<note>
- <p>Services started as <c>stand_alone</c> will not
- be listed.</p>
+ <p>Services started as <c>stand_alone</c> will not be listed.</p>
</note>
+
+ <marker id="services_info"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
<name>services_info() -> [{Service, Pid, Info}]</name>
<fsummary>Returns a list of currently running services where
@@ -73,11 +80,13 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of currently running services where each
- service is described by a [{Option, Value}] list. The
- information given in the list is specific for each service
- and it is probable that each service will have its own info
- function that gives you even more details about the
- service.</p>
+ service is described by a [{Option, Value}] list. The
+ information given in the list is specific for each service
+ and it is probable that each service will have its own info
+ function that gives you even more details about the
+ service.</p>
+
+ <marker id="service_names"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -89,6 +98,8 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of available service names.</p>
+
+ <marker id="start"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -101,18 +112,24 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Starts the Inets application. Default type
- is temporary. See also
- <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p>
+ is temporary. See also
+ <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>. </p>
+
+ <marker id="stop"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
<name>stop() -> ok </name>
<fsummary>Stops the inets application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Stops the inets application. See also
- <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p>
+ <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>. </p>
+
+ <marker id="start2"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
<name>start(Service, ServiceConfig) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name>
<name>start(Service, ServiceConfig, How) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name>
@@ -144,8 +161,11 @@
some sense the calling process has now become the top
supervisor.</p>
</note>
+
+ <marker id="stop2"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
<name>stop(Service, Reference) -> ok | {error, Reason} </name>
<fsummary>Stops a started service of the inets application or takes
@@ -157,9 +177,11 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Stops a started service of the inets application or takes
- down a "stand_alone-service" gracefully. When the
- <c>stand_alone</c> option is used in start,
- only the pid is a valid argument to stop.</p>
+ down a "stand_alone-service" gracefully. When the
+ <c>stand_alone</c> option is used in start,
+ only the pid is a valid argument to stop.</p>
+
+ <marker id="see_also"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml
index e81308a502..9674cd9a88 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@
<modulesummary>Erlang Server Interface </modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module defines the API - Erlang Server Interface (ESI).
- Which is a more efficient way of writing erlang scripts
- for your Inets web server than writing them as common CGI scripts.</p>
+ Which is a more efficient way of writing erlang scripts
+ for your Inets web server than writing them as common CGI scripts.</p>
+
+ <marker id="deliver"></marker>
</description>
+
<funcs>
<func>
<name>deliver(SessionID, Data) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Sends Data back to client.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>SessionID = term()</v>
- <v>Data = string() | io_list()</v>
+ <v>Data = string() | io_list() | binary()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -51,13 +54,15 @@
parts of the content to the user.</p>
<p>Sends data from a Erl Scheme script back to the client.</p>
- <note><p>Note
- that if any HTTP-header fields should be added by the
- script they must be in the first call to deliver/2 and the
- data in the call must be a string. Do not
- assume anything about the data type of SessionID, the
- SessionID must be the value given as input to the esi
- call back function that you implemented.</p></note>
+ <note>
+ <p>Note that if any HTTP-header fields should be added by the
+ script they must be in the first call to deliver/2 and the
+ data in the call must be a string. Calls after the headers
+ are complete may contain binary data to reduce copying
+ overhead. Do not assume anything about the data type of
+ SessionID, the SessionID must be the value given as input to
+ the esi call back function that you implemented.</p>
+ </note>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml
index 2a871d29d8..a3c91dca5b 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1998</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1998</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
index 5da9d98002..0926df8581 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,140 @@
<file>notes.xml</file>
</header>
+ <section><title>Inets 5.6</title>
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+<!--
+ <p>-</p>
+-->
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpc] Add support for upload body streaming (PUT and POST).</p>
+ <p>For more info,
+ see the definition of the <c>Body</c> argument of the
+ <seealso marker="httpc#request2">request/4,5</seealso>
+ function. </p>
+ <p>Filipe David Manana</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9094</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[ftp] Added (type) spec for all exported functions.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9114 Aux Id: seq11799</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpd]
+ <seealso marker="mod_esi#deliver">mod_esi:deliver/2</seealso>
+ made to accept binary data. </p>
+ <p>Bernard Duggan</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9123</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpd] Prevent XSS in error pages.
+ Prevent user controlled input from being interpreted
+ as HTML in error pages by encoding the reserved HTML
+ characters. </p>
+ <p>Michael Santos</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9124</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpd] Improved error messages. </p>
+ <p>Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9157</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpd] Extended support for file descriptors.
+ In order to be able to bind to a privileged port
+ without running the erlang VM as root, the support
+ for using file descriptors has been improved.
+ It is now possible to add the file descriptor to the config
+ (option fd) when calling the
+ <seealso marker="inets#start2">inets:start(httpd, ...)</seealso>
+ function. </p>
+ <p>Attila Rajmund Nohl</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9202</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: seq11819</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>The default ssl kind has now been changed to <c>essl</c>. </p>
+ <p><c>ossl</c> will work for as long as the ssl application
+ supports it. </p>
+ <p>See the httpd
+ <seealso marker="httpd#comm_prop">socket_type</seealso>
+ communication property or the httpc
+ <seealso marker="httpc#request2">request/4,5</seealso> function
+ for more info. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9230</p>
+ <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+<!--
+ <p>-</p>
+-->
+
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpd] Wrong
+ <seealso marker="httpd#sec_prop">security property</seealso>
+ names used in documentation. </p>
+ <p><c>security_data_file</c> used instead of <c>data_file</c>. </p>
+ <p><c>security_max_retries</c> used instead of <c>max_retries</c>. </p>
+ <p><c>security_block_time</c> used instead of <c>block_time</c>. </p>
+ <p><c>security_fail_expire_time</c> used instead of <c>fail_expire_time</c>. </p>
+ <p><c>security_auth_timeout</c> used instead of <c>auth_timeout</c>. </p>
+ <p>Garrett Smith</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9131</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpd] Fix timeout message generated by mod_esi.
+ When a mod_esi request times out, the code to send a
+ timeout response was incorrect and generated an
+ internal server error as well as an invalid response
+ line. </p>
+ <p>Bernard Duggan</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9158</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpc] httpc manager crashes.
+ When a request results in a retry, the request id will be "reused"
+ in the previous implementation a race condition could occur causing
+ the manager to crash. </p>
+ <p>This is now avoided by using proc_lib:init_ack and
+ gen_server:enter_loop to allow mor advanced initialization of
+ httpc_handlers without blocking the httpc_manger and eliminating
+ extra processes that can cause race conditions. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9246</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpc] Issuing a request (<c>httpc:request</c>) to an
+ host with the ssl option
+ <c>{ip, {127,0,0,1}}</c> results in an handler crash.
+ The reason was that the connect call resulted in an exit with
+ reason <c>badarg</c>
+ (this was the same for both <c>ssl</c> and <c>gen_tcp</c>). </p>
+ <p>Exits was not catched. This has now been improved. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9289</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: seq11845</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ </section> <!-- 5.6 -->
+
+
<section><title>Inets 5.5.2</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
@@ -80,7 +214,8 @@
are URL-encoded. Added support in http-client to use
URL-encoding. Also added the missing include directory
for the inets application.</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8940 Aux Id: seq11735 </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8940</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: seq11735</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>