Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist mini_httpd is a small HTTP server. Its performance is not great, but for low or medium traffic sites it's quite adequate. It implements all the basic features of an HTTP server, including:
* GET, HEAD, and POST methods.
* CGI.
* Basic authentication.
* Security against ".." filename snooping.
* The common MIME types.
* Trailing-slash redirection.
* index.html, index.htm, index.cgi
* Directory listings.
* Multihoming / virtual hosting.
* Standard logging.
* Custom error pages.
It can also be configured to do SSL/HTTPS and IPv6.
mini_httpd was written for a couple reasons. One, as an experiment to see just
how slow an old-fashioned forking web server would be with today's operating
systems. The answer is, surprisingly, not that slow - on FreeBSD 3.2,
mini_httpd benchmarks at about 90% the speed of Apache. The other main reason
for writing mini_httpd was to get a simple platform for experimenting with
new web server technology, for instance SSL.
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I'm going to build this package.
Regards,
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