A new version of the venerable Apache HTTP server has been released:

The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates the 17th Anniversary of the Apache HTTP Server with the release of v2.4

A full list of the new features is available here:

Overview of new features in Apache HTTP Server 2.4

I have been using Apache HTTP for many years now (although not quite as long as 17 years!), so I am very happy to see the Apache Software Foundation bringing out this new version and look forward to performing some benchmarks of my own before upgrading.

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Updated 2022 : note that the above post was originally published in 2012, but is left here for archival purposes.