Version 2.3.1 final of Apache JMeter has been released.

HttpComponents has moved to a TLP at its new address http://hc.apache.org/ HttpComponents is a set of components for building HTTP-aware client and server applications.

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.5. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, several of which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release. Further details about the PHP 5.2.5 release can be found in the release announcement for 5.2.5, the full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog for PHP 5.Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.5:Fixed dl() to only accept filenames. Reported by Laurent Gaffie.Fixed dl() to limit argument size to MAXPATHLEN (CVE-2007-4887). Reported by Laurent Gaffie.Fixed htmlentities/htmlspecialchars not to accept partial multibyte sequences. Reported by Rasmus LerdorfFixed possible triggering of buffer overflows inside glibc implementations of the fnmatch(), setlocale() and glob() functions. Reported by Laurent Gaffie.Fixed "mail.force_extra_parameters" php.ini directive not to be modifiable in .htaccess due to the security implications. Reported by SecurityReason.Fixed bug #42869 (automatic session id insertion adds sessions id to non-local forms).Fixed bug #41561 (Values set with php_admin_* in httpd.conf can be overwritten with ini_set()).For users upgrading to PHP 5.2 from PHP 5.0 and PHP 5.1, an upgrade guide is available here, detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.2.5.

HttpComponents HttpClient 4.0-alpha2 has been released. This release is another milestone in the redesign of HttpClient. It includes a number of improvements since ALPHA1, among which are improved connection pooling, support for proxy chains, redesigned HTTP state and authentication credentials management API, improved RFC 2965 cookie specification More information can be found at the HttpComponents project site.