Tony Newton writes:
> We want to install and play with the Apache software.
> Unfortunatly, the only machine available is our
> production box.
>
> Would you folks feel safe installing and testing the
> Apache 1.3.3 web server software on your production
> box?  I'm not concerned about advanced functionality.
> I just want to be able to view certain reports and
> $stdlists online, without having to worry about the
> machine crashing, runaway process', Etc.

Yes, running Apache 1.3.3 on a production machine is "safe" in the sense that
it shouldn't crash your machine or reformat your disks.  ;-)

But you don't want to be running production web applications on 1.3.3, because
of a transient bug the causes intermittent security errors when the web server
tries to access files requested by the browser (the POSIX signals/siglongjmp
problem).

I hope to test HP's fix for this "soon".
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