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+============================================================
+Build notes for Windows from Tom Donovan
+============================================================
+These are the raw build notes from Tom Donovan for building
+ModSecurity 2.5.12 with Apache httpd 2.2.14 on Windows. Some
+day these should be incorporated into the official docs, but
+there has not yet been time, so they are included here in 
+their raw format for now.
+============================================================
+
+I build Apache 2.2.14 from source in C:\work\httpd-2.2.14
+I have a VC9 build of Apache 2.2.14 installed in C:\Apache2214
+
+My PATH includes VC9 and CMAKE 2.6
+
+BEFORE BUILDING - if OpenSSL and Zlib support is desired in LIBXML2 and CURL
+
+    REM ####   set an env variable to my Apache build directory
+    SET HTTPD_BUILD=C:\work\httpd-2.2.14
+
+    REM  ####   ensure that CURL and LIBXML2 can find the OpenSSL and Zlib includes and libraries that Apache was built with
+    SET INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;%HTTPD_BUILD%\srclib\openssl\inc32;%HTTPD_BUILD%\srclib\zlib
+    SET LIB=%LIB%;%HTTPD_BUILD%\srclib\openssl\out32dll;%HTTPD_BUILD%\srclib\zlib
+
+    REM  ####   ensure that CURL doesn't use the static zlib library: zlib.lib. Force it to use zdll.lib instead, which points to zlib1.dll
+    IF EXIST %HTTPD_BUILD%\srclib\zlib\zlib.lib  DEL %HTTPD_BUILD%\srclib\zlib\zlib.lib
+
+BUILD PCRE-7.9
+
+    Downloaded pcre-7.9.tar.gz     from ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
+    untar'd into C:\work\  creating C:\work\pcre-7.9
+
+    CD C:\work\pcre-7.9
+    CMAKE   -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True
+    NMAKE
+
+BUILD LIBXML2-2.7.6
+
+    Downloaded libxml2-2.7.6.tar.gz    from ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/
+    untar'd into C:\work\ creating C:\work\libxml2-2.7.6
+
+    CD C:\work\libxml2-2.7.6\win32
+    CSCRIPT configure.js iconv=no vcmanifest=yes zlib=yes
+    NMAKE -f Makefile.msvc
+
+BUILD LUA-5.1.4
+
+    Downloaded lua-5.1.4.tar.gz from http://www.lua.org/ftp/
+    untar'd into C:\work\ creating C:\work\lua-5.1.4
+
+    CD C:\work\lua-5.1.4\src
+    CL /Ox /arch:SSE2 /GF /GL /Gy /FD /EHsc /MD  /Zi /TC /wd4005 /D "_MBCS" /D "LUA_CORE" /D "LUA_BUILD_AS_DLL" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_WIN32" /D "_WINDLL" /c *.c
+    DEL lua.obj luac.obj
+    LINK /DLL /LTCG /DEBUG /OUT:lua5.1.dll *.obj
+    IF EXIST lua5.1.dll.manifest MT  -manifest lua5.1.dll.manifest -outputresource:lua5.1.dll;2
+
+BUILD CURL-7.20.0
+    Downloaded curl-7.20.0.tar.gz from http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
+    untar'd into C:\work\ creating C:\work\curl-7.20.0
+
+    CD C:\work\curl-7.20.0
+
+    *** Fixed Bug:    https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2951269&group_id=976&atid=100976   ***
+    Edited the file  include\curl\curlbuild.h.cmake   near line 160 - put double-quotes around all CURL_FORMAT*  values.
+        e.g.  change:   ${CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T}   to:   "${CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T}"
+
+                /* curl_off_t formatting string directive without "%" conversion specifier. */
+                #cmakedefine CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T "${CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T}"
+
+                /* unsigned curl_off_t formatting string without "%" conversion specifier. */
+                #cmakedefine CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_TU "${CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_TU}"
+
+                /* curl_off_t formatting string directive with "%" conversion specifier. */
+                #cmakedefine CURL_FORMAT_OFF_T "${CURL_FORMAT_OFF_T}"
+
+    CMAKE   -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True -DCURL_ZLIB=True
+
+    NMAKE
+
+BUILD MOD_SECURITY-2.5.12
+
+    Edited the top of C:\work\mod_security-2.5.12\apache2\Makefile.win and set my local paths
+    (note that pcre.lib is not in $(PCRE)\LibR as it is in the original Makefile.win )
+
+            # Path to Apache httpd installation
+            BASE = C:\Apache2214
+
+            # Paths to required libraries
+            LIBXML2 = C:\work\libxml2-2.7.6
+            LUA = C:\work\lua-5.1.4\src
+            PCRE = C:\work\pcre-7.9
+
+            # Linking libraries
+            LIBS = $(BASE)\lib\libhttpd.lib \
+                   $(BASE)\lib\libapr-1.lib \
+                   $(BASE)\lib\libaprutil-1.lib \
+                   $(PCRE)\pcre.lib \
+                   $(LIBXML2)\win32\bin.msvc\libxml2.lib \
+                   $(LUA)\lua5.1.lib \
+                   wsock32.lib
+
+    CD C:\work\mod_security-2.5.12\apache2
+    NMAKE -f Makefile.win
+
+BUILD MOD_SECURITY-2.5.12 MLOGC program
+
+    Edited the top of C:\work\mod_security-2.5.12\apache2\mlogc-src\Makefile.win and set my local paths
+
+            # Path to Apache httpd installation
+            BASE = C:\Apache2214
+
+            # Paths to required libraries
+            PCRE = C:\work\pcre-7.9
+            CURL = C:\work\curl-7.20.0
+
+            # Linking libraries
+            LIBS = $(BASE)\lib\libapr-1.lib \
+                   $(BASE)\lib\libaprutil-1.lib \
+                   $(PCRE)\pcre.lib \
+                   $(CURL)\libcurl_imp.lib \
+                   wsock32.lib
+
+
+    CD  C:\work\mod_security-2.5.12\apache2\mlogc-src
+    NMAKE -f Makefile.win
+
+INSTALL AND RUN
+
+    Copied these five files to C:\Apache2214\bin:
+        C:\work\pcre-7.9\pcre.dll
+        C:\work\lua-5.1.4\src\lua5.1.dll
+        C:\work\libxml2-2.7.6\win32\bin.msvc\libxml2.dll
+        C:\work\curl-7.20.0\libcurl.dll
+        C:\work\mod_security-2.5.12\apache2\mlogc-src\mlogc.exe
+
+    Copied this one file to C:\Apache2214\modules:
+
+        C:\work\mod_security-2.5.12\apache2\mod_security2.so
+
+    You could also copy C:\work\curl-7.20.0\\curl.exe to C:\Apache2214\bin, if you want to use the cURL command-line.
+
+    Downloaded the core rules from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mod-security/files/modsecurity-crs/0-CURRENT/
+    and unzipped them in C:\Apache2214\conf\modsecurity_crs
+
+    Added this to my conf\httpd.conf:
+
+        LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
+        LoadModule security2_module  modules/mod_security2.so
+        <IfModule security2_module>
+            Include conf/modsecurity_crs/*.conf
+            Include conf/modsecurity_crs/base_rules/*.conf
+            SecDataDir   logs
+            SecAuditEngine RelevantOnly
+            SecAuditLogRelevantStatus "^(?:5|4\d[^4])"
+            SecAuditLogType Concurrent
+            SecAuditLogParts ABCDEFGHZ
+            SecAuditLogStorageDir logs/data/
+            SecAuditLog "|bin/mlogc.exe"
+        </IfModule>
+
+    My conf\mlogc.conf has this:
+        CollectorRoot       "C:/Apache2214/logs"
+        ConsoleURI          "https://localhost:8888/rpc/auditLogReceiver"
+        SensorUsername      "test"
+        SensorPassword      "testtest"
+        LogStorageDir       "data"
+        TransactionLog      "mlogc-transaction.log"
+        QueuePath           "mlogc-queue.log"
+        ErrorLog            "mlogc-error.log"
+        LockFile            "mlogc.lck"
+        KeepEntries         0
+        ErrorLogLevel       2
+        MaxConnections      10
+        MaxWorkerRequests   1000
+        TransactionDelay    50
+        StartupDelay        5000
+        CheckpointInterval  15
+        ServerErrorTimeout  60
+
+
+Mod_security appears to work OK with the "ModSecurity Community Console".