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We continue to improve our TLS (HTTPS) features and support. Noteworthy in 5.2.x is:
- SSLv3 is now disabled by default!
- Dynamic TLS record size tuning.
- Add forward secrecy support with DHE.
- Add ssl_pre_handshake hook for better plugin access to SSL handling.
- Improved session cache, for better performance and scalability.
- New configuration for OpenSSL session cache, proxy.config.ssl.session_cache.auto_clear.
Jira: TS-3153, TS-2503, TS-2417, TS-2956, TS-3080, TS-3127
Plugin improvements and additions
The following improvements were made to existing plugins:
- The header_rewrite plugin no longer requires the Boost libraries.
- The stats_over_http plugin will now emit JSON numbers.
The following additions were also done to plugins:
- The mySQL remap plugin now actually builds, as part of experimental.
Jira: TS-2119, TS-3068, TS-3071,
Plugin APIs
The following additions were made to the plugin APIs:
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Jira: TS-1432, TS-3059, TS-3101