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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> |