libwebsockets v2.3.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-07-28 // over 6 years ago
    • ESP32 OpenSSL support for client and server

    • ESP32 4 x WLAN credential slots may be configured

    • Libevent event loop support

    • SOCKS5 proxy support

    • lws_meta protocol for websocket connection multiplexing

    • lws_vhost_destroy() added... allows dynamic removal of listening vhosts. Vhosts with shared listen sockets adopt the listen socket automatically if the owner is destroyed.

    • IPv6 on Windows

    • Improved CGI handling suitable for general CGI scripting, eg, PHP

    • Convert even the "old style" test servers to use statically included plugin sources

    • LWS_WITH_STATS cmake option dumps resource usage and timing information every few seconds to debug log, including latency information about delay from asking for writeable callback to getting it

    • Large (> 2GB) files may be served

    • LWS_WITH_HTTP_PROXY Cmake option adds proxying mounts

    • Workaround for libev build by disabling -Werror on the test app

    • HTTP2 support disabled since no way to serve websockets on it