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thttpd - tiny/turbo/throttling HTTP server |
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version 2.21b of 23apr2001 |
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thttpd is a simple, small, portable, fast, and secure HTTP server. |
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Simple: It handles only the minimum necessary to implement HTTP/1.1. |
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Small: See the size comparison chart at |
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http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/notes.html#sizes. It also has a |
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very small run-time size, since it does not fork and is very careful about |
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memory allocation. |
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Portable: It compiles cleanly on FreeBSD 2.x/3.x, SunOS 4.1.x, Solaris 2.x, |
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BSD/OS 2.x, Linux 1.2.x, OSF/1 (on a 64-bit Alpha), and no doubt many others. |
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Fast: In typical use it's about as fast as the best full-featured servers |
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(Apache, NCSA, Netscape). Under extreme load it's much faster. |
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Secure: It goes to great lengths to protect the web server machine |
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against attacks and breakins from other sites. |
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It also has one extremely useful feature (URL-traffic-based throttling) that |
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no other server currently has. |
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See the manual entry for more details. See the INSTALL file for |
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configuration and installation instructions. Check the web page |
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(http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/) for updates, or add yourself to |
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the mailing list by sending a "subscribe" to thttpd-announce-request@acme.com. |
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Comments to: |
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Jef Poskanzer jef@acme.com http://www.acme.com/jef/ |
