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- Website: apache.org
- Founded: 1995
- Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server
- Developer: The Apache Software Foundation
What is Apache?
The Apache Software Foundation, or ASF for short, is a US-based nonprofit organization, mostly known for Apache HTTP Server. The organization supports multiple open-source software projects. Apache Software Foundation’s software is distributed under the terms of the Apache License and is free and open-source software. The organization’s projects are managed by a self-selected team. The name, Apache, was chosen to show the team’s respect for the Native American Apache Nation, mostly known for their skills in warfare technology and endurance.
Apache HTTP Server’s development started in 1993. In the beginning, eight developers started working on the NCSA HTTPd daemon. Later on, the group came to be known as the Apache Group. 6 years later, the Apache Software Foundation was officially formed in 1999 and held the first official Apache Software Foundation meeting the same year. First members of the foundation consisted of Brian Behlendorf, Ken Coar, Miguel Gonzales, Mark Cox, Lars Eilebrecht, Ralf S. Engelschall, Roy T. Fielding, Dean Gaudet, Ben Hyde, Jim Jagielski, Alexei Kosut, Martin Kraemer, Ben Laurie, Doug MacEachern, Aram Mirzadeh, Sameer Parekh, Cliff Skolnick, Marc Slemko, William (Bill) Stoddard, Paul Sutton, Randy Terbush and Dirk-Willem van Gulik.
Apache Software Foundation claims to be the world’s largest open-source foundation. The organization has more than 350 projects and initiatives, over 850 individual members, over 8,200 committers, approximately 2 petabytes of source code downloads from its own mirrors. Its most popular project, Apache HTTP Server, also known as Apache, was initially released in 1995. In 2021, it is estimated that Apache was ranked first, serving almost 25% of the million busiest websites.
Recent Apache News
Microsoft and FTC warns users against continued Log4j attacks
Federal Trade Commission urged organizations to take action against Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) vulnerability. In the statement, FTC stated that it poses ...
Apache Log4j 2.17.1 is released to fix a new flaw
The fifth vulnerability has appeared on the Log4j, the tool that caused headaches for enterprises and IT teams. While the ...
VMware vCenter Server is targetted by hackers via Log4j flaws
Apache patches the Log4Shell library with fixes, new flaws, and attacks using the current flaws emerging. In the meantime, the ...
Two new vulnerabilities are found on Log4j, only one of them is fixed yet
The security flaws on the Apache Log4Shell module look like they will not end anytime soon. The company has recently ...
Hackers exploit Log4j to inject Monero miners, shifting from LDAP to RMI
The trouble and the chaos that the Log4j vulnerability caused keeps going. The flaw emerged, its mitigation guidance shared by ...
A third, new Apache Log4j vulnerability is discovered
The Log4j flaws keep on being a huge headache for IT security employees. We have shared the details of the ...
The Log4j flaw is patched but it is still vulnerable
The Log4j vulnerability has been in the wild for a few days. Because of the origin of the flaw, which ...
CISA published Log4j vulnerability guidance
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its partners published guidance about the exploitation of a critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) in Apache’s ...
Zero-day Apache Log4j RCE vulnerability (Log4Shell) is being exploited
Security experts and CISA warn users about a newly discovered Zero-day vulnerability, that is currently being exploited. The vulnerability, first ...
Apache foundation switches from ASF mirror to CDN distribution for software
Recently Apache Software Foundation, the birthplace of Apache Web Server and other over 350 open-source projects announced that they’re retiring ...
Instaclustr now offers fully managed Apache Cassandra 4.0
Instaclustr is now providing Apache Cassandra 4.0 as a managed service across all major clouds. Cassandra is the flagship NoSQL ...
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 released
The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project announce the release of version 2.4.49 of the Apache HTTP ...
Google Researchers unveil 3 vulnerabilities in Apache Web Server
The flaws uncovered by Felix Wilhelm of Google Project Zero are now addressed by the Apache Foundation in the latest ...
Check Point pinpoints Apache Guacamole flaws
Check Point's researchers announced that they have found that in Guacamole there are some critical reverse RDP Vulnerabilities. Multiple new ...
RiskSense released a report on WordPress and Apache vulnerabilities
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How to install Froxlor on Ubuntu 18.04
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