diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3e9265258..231cb133f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changes
 
-## [1.0.x] - 2019-xx-xx
+## [1.0.1] - 2019-06-xx
 
 ### Add
 
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 ### Changes
 
-### Fixed
+* Disable default feature `secure-cookies`.
+
+* Move identity middleware to `actix-identity` crate.
 
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2019-06-05
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cd0e94589..08eb7cd9f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ members = [
   "actix-files",
   "actix-framed",
   "actix-session",
+  "actix-identity",
   "actix-multipart",
   "actix-web-actors",
   "actix-web-codegen",
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["brotli", "flate2-zlib", "secure-cookies", "client", "fail"]
+default = ["brotli", "flate2-zlib", "client", "fail"]
 
 # http client
 client = ["awc"]
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ actix-http = "0.2.3"
 actix-server = "0.5.1"
 actix-server-config = "0.1.1"
 actix-threadpool = "0.1.1"
-awc = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
+awc = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
 
 bytes = "0.4"
 derive_more = "0.14"
diff --git a/MIGRATION.md b/MIGRATION.md
index 1736ee65d..8b5d7dd49 100644
--- a/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/MIGRATION.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+## 1.0.1
+
+* Identity middleware has been moved to `actix-identity` crate
+
+  instead of
+
+  ```rust
+  use actix_web::middleware::identity::{Identity, CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
+  ```
+
+  use
+
+  ```rust
+  use actix_identity::{Identity, CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
+  ```
+
+
 ## 1.0
 
 * Resource registration. 1.0 version uses generalized resource
diff --git a/actix-identity/CHANGES.md b/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74a204055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Changes
+
+## [0.1.0] - 2019-06-xx
+
+* Move identity middleware to separate crate
diff --git a/actix-identity/Cargo.toml b/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b1b90865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[package]
+name = "actix-identity"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
+description = "Identity service for actix web framework."
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = ["http", "web", "framework", "async", "futures"]
+homepage = "https://actix.rs"
+repository = "https://github.com/actix/actix-web.git"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/actix-identity/"
+license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2018"
+workspace = ".."
+
+[lib]
+name = "actix_identity"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+actix-web = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["secure-cookies"] }
+actix-service = "0.4.0"
+futures = "0.1.25"
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_json = "1.0"
+time = "0.1.42"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+actix-rt = "0.2.2"
+actix-http = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/actix-identity/LICENSE-APACHE b/actix-identity/LICENSE-APACHE
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..965b606f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-identity/LICENSE-APACHE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../LICENSE-APACHE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actix-identity/LICENSE-MIT b/actix-identity/LICENSE-MIT
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..76219eb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-identity/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../LICENSE-MIT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actix-identity/README.md b/actix-identity/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60b615c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-identity/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Identity service for actix web framework [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/actix/actix-web.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/actix/actix-web) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web) [![crates.io](https://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/actix-identity)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-identity) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/actix/actix](https://badges.gitter.im/actix/actix.svg)](https://gitter.im/actix/actix?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
+## Documentation & community resources
+
+* [User Guide](https://actix.rs/docs/)
+* [API Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-identity/)
+* [Chat on gitter](https://gitter.im/actix/actix)
+* Cargo package: [actix-session](https://crates.io/crates/actix-identity)
+* Minimum supported Rust version: 1.34 or later
diff --git a/src/middleware/identity.rs b/actix-identity/src/lib.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/middleware/identity.rs
rename to actix-identity/src/lib.rs
index 304df9eb2..6664df676 100644
--- a/src/middleware/identity.rs
+++ b/actix-identity/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
 //! uses cookies as identity storage.
 //!
 //! To access current request identity
-//! [**Identity**](trait.Identity.html) extractor should be used.
+//! [**Identity**](struct.Identity.html) extractor should be used.
 //!
 //! ```rust
-//! use actix_web::middleware::identity::Identity;
-//! use actix_web::middleware::identity::{CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
 //! use actix_web::*;
+//! use actix_identity::{Identity, CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
 //!
 //! fn index(id: Identity) -> String {
 //!     // access request identity
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
 //! fn main() {
 //!     let app = App::new().wrap(IdentityService::new(
 //!         // <- create identity middleware
-//!         CookieIdentityPolicy::new(&[0; 32])    // <- create cookie session backend
+//!         CookieIdentityPolicy::new(&[0; 32])    // <- create cookie identity policy
 //!               .name("auth-cookie")
 //!               .secure(false)))
 //!         .service(web::resource("/index.html").to(index))
@@ -57,20 +56,17 @@ use futures::{Future, IntoFuture, Poll};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use time::Duration;
 
-use crate::cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar, Key, SameSite};
-use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::http::header::{self, HeaderValue};
-use crate::service::{ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse};
-use crate::{
-    dev::{Extensions, Payload},
-    FromRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest,
-};
+use actix_web::cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar, Key, SameSite};
+use actix_web::dev::{Extensions, Payload, ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse};
+use actix_web::error::{Error, Result};
+use actix_web::http::header::{self, HeaderValue};
+use actix_web::{FromRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest};
 
 /// The extractor type to obtain your identity from a request.
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// use actix_web::*;
-/// use actix_web::middleware::identity::Identity;
+/// use actix_identity::Identity;
 ///
 /// fn index(id: Identity) -> Result<String> {
 ///     // access request identity
@@ -134,7 +130,9 @@ struct IdentityItem {
 }
 
 /// Helper trait that allows to get Identity.
+///
 /// It could be used in middleware but identity policy must be set before any other middleware that needs identity
+/// RequestIdentity is implemented both for `ServiceRequest` and `HttpRequest`.
 pub trait RequestIdentity {
     fn get_identity(&self) -> Option<String>;
 }
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ where
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// # use actix_web::*;
-/// use actix_web::middleware::identity::Identity;
+/// use actix_identity::Identity;
 ///
 /// fn index(id: Identity) -> String {
 ///     // access request identity
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ pub trait IdentityPolicy: Sized + 'static {
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// use actix_web::App;
-/// use actix_web::middleware::identity::{CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
+/// use actix_identity::{CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
 ///
 /// fn main() {
 ///     let app = App::new().wrap(IdentityService::new(
@@ -464,9 +462,8 @@ impl CookieIdentityInner {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// # extern crate actix_web;
-/// use actix_web::middleware::identity::{CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
 /// use actix_web::App;
+/// use actix_identity::{CookieIdentityPolicy, IdentityService};
 ///
 /// fn main() {
 ///     let app = App::new().wrap(IdentityService::new(
@@ -612,13 +609,13 @@ impl IdentityPolicy for CookieIdentityPolicy {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use crate::http::StatusCode;
-    use crate::test::{self, TestRequest};
-    use crate::{web, App, HttpResponse};
-
     use std::borrow::Borrow;
 
+    use super::*;
+    use actix_web::http::StatusCode;
+    use actix_web::test::{self, TestRequest};
+    use actix_web::{web, App, Error, HttpResponse};
+
     const COOKIE_KEY_MASTER: [u8; 32] = [0; 32];
     const COOKIE_NAME: &'static str = "actix_auth";
     const COOKIE_LOGIN: &'static str = "test";
@@ -739,8 +736,8 @@ mod tests {
         f: F,
     ) -> impl actix_service::Service<
         Request = actix_http::Request,
-        Response = ServiceResponse<actix_http::body::Body>,
-        Error = actix_http::Error,
+        Response = ServiceResponse<actix_web::body::Body>,
+        Error = Error,
     > {
         test::init_service(
             App::new()
diff --git a/awc/src/lib.rs b/awc/src/lib.rs
index 8c1bc80b6..9fbda8aa8 100644
--- a/awc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/awc/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub mod test;
 pub mod ws;
 
 pub use self::builder::ClientBuilder;
+pub use self::connect::BoxedSocket;
 pub use self::request::ClientRequest;
 pub use self::response::{ClientResponse, JsonBody, MessageBody};
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f0bf01bc9..fffbc2f5e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 //! * `ssl` - enables ssl support via `openssl` crate, supports `http/2`
 //! * `rust-tls` - enables ssl support via `rustls` crate, supports `http/2`
 //! * `secure-cookies` - enables secure cookies support, includes `ring` crate as
-//!   dependency (default enabled)
+//!   dependency
 //! * `brotli` - enables `brotli` compression support, requires `c`
 //!   compiler (default enabled)
 //! * `flate2-zlib` - enables `gzip`, `deflate` compression support, requires
diff --git a/src/middleware/mod.rs b/src/middleware/mod.rs
index 5266f7c1a..99c6cb457 100644
--- a/src/middleware/mod.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,3 @@ mod normalize;
 pub use self::defaultheaders::DefaultHeaders;
 pub use self::logger::Logger;
 pub use self::normalize::NormalizePath;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "secure-cookies")]
-pub mod identity;