These can still be set in Configuration if required. Many more operating systems are now supported. A Makefile is created in the support directory. The descriptions of the directives has been updated and expanded. A -v option gives the version number of Apache.
Network Improvements Persistent connections are now faster, and are used in more cases.
Network traffic has been reduced. Persistent connections are not used if the browser appears to be one that has a bug in its implementation. The configurable log module is now the default. It can now log each request to multiple log files, each in a different format. Various security checks are performed before running CGI as another user.