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From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: in-kernel HTTP Server for FreeBSD?
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the netgraph ng_ksocket is the basis of how it was done.


On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Hiten Pandya wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 11:05:04AM -0800, John Polstra wrote:
> > Yes, I wrote one.  Yes, it's proprietary.
> > 
> > One obvious example is as part of a testbed for performance 
> > testing various kinds of network appliances.
> 
> hmm,
> Well, so, forgive my bluntness, in a nutshell, there is no
> in-kernel (un-proprietory) HTTP Server.  Also, as John said,
> it is very useful in some situations.  As you visit the kHTTPD
> website at:
> 
> http://www.fenrus.demon.nl/
> 
> You will see how much performance it offers, compared to 
> userland web servers.  I don't mean polluting the kernel
> with this kind of stuff, but I wouldn't mind having an
> in-kernel HTTP Accelerator (for static pages).
> 
> Nothing so fancy, but, just to do its job, which it is
> good at: "Providing static pages". Anyway, I don't mean
> that people have to make it.  I know I talk to too much,
> and do less, :), but I will start a project at SourceForge,
> unless somebody has better options. ;)
> 
> In a nutshell, it is better to have an in-kernel web
> server, as some people might like using it, even though
> it doesn't matter what we say, hehe :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> 
>   -- Hiten Pandya
>   -- The JFS4BSD Project
>   -- <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
> 


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