Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:50:48 -0800 (PST) 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? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202171550270.39539-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20020217222832.A258@hpdi.ath.cx>
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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> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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