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# Apache HTTP Server



##  What is it?



The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant

web server.  Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP

Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the

Internet.  As a project of the Apache Software Foundation, the

developers aim to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust,

commercial-grade, standards-based server with freely available

source code.



## The Latest Version



Details of the latest version can be found on the [Apache HTTP

server project page](https://httpd.apache.org/).



## Documentation



The documentation available as of the date of this release is

included in HTML format in the docs/manual/ directory.  The most

up-to-date documentation can be found at

[https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/).



## Installation



Please see the file called `INSTALL`.  Platform specific notes can be

found in `README.platforms`.



## Licensing



Please see the file called `LICENSE`.



## Cryptographic Software Notice



This distribution may include software that has been designed for use

with cryptographic software.  The country in which you currently reside

may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export

to another country, of encryption software.  BEFORE using any encryption

software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies

concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption

software, to see if this is permitted.  See 

[https://www.wassenaar.org/](https://www.wassenaar.org/)

for more information.



The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and

Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity 

Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security

software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric

algorithms.  The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation

distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception

ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS 

Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object 

code and source code.



The following provides more details on the included files that

may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software:



Apache httpd 2.0 and later versions include the mod_ssl module under

`modules/ssl/`

for configuring and listening to connections over SSL encrypted

network sockets by performing calls to a general-purpose encryption

library, such as OpenSSL or the operating system's platform-specific

SSL facilities.



In addition, some versions of apr-util provide an abstract interface

for symmetrical cryptographic functions that make use of a

general-purpose encryption library, such as OpenSSL, NSS, or the

operating system's platform-specific facilities. This interface is

known as the `apr_crypto` interface, with implementation beneath the

`/crypto` directory. The `apr_crypto` interface is used by the

`mod_session_crypto` module available under

`modules/session`

for optional encryption of session information.



Some object code distributions of Apache httpd, indicated with the

word "crypto" in the package name, may include object code for the

OpenSSL encryption library as distributed in open source form from

[https://www.openssl.org/source/](https://www.openssl.org/source/).



The above files are optional and may be removed if the cryptographic

functionality is not desired or needs to be excluded from redistribution.

Distribution packages of Apache httpd that include the word "nossl"

in the package name have been created without the above files and are

therefore not subject to this notice.



##  Contacts



   * If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,

     security fixes, general news and information about the Apache server

     subscribe to the apache-announce mailing list as described under

     [https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce](https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce)



   * If you want freely available support for running Apache please see the

     resources at 

     [https://httpd.apache.org/support.html](https://httpd.apache.org/support.html)



   * If you have a concrete bug report for Apache please see the instructions

     for bug reporting at 

     [https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html](https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html)



   * If you want to participate in actively developing Apache please

     subscribe to the `[email protected]` mailing list as described at

     [https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev](https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev)