| Description: | darkhttpd is a secure, lightweight, fast and single-threaded HTTP/1.1 server.
Features:
* Simple to set up:
* Single binary, no other files.
* Standalone, doesn't need inetd or ucspi-tcp.
* No messing around with config files.
* Written in C - efficient and portable.
* Small memory footprint.
* Event loop, single threaded - no fork() or pthreads.
* Generates directory listings.
* Supports HTTP GET and HEAD requests.
* Supports Range / partial content.
* Supports If-Modified-Since.
* Supports Keep-Alive connections.
* Can serve 301 redirects based on Host header.
* Uses sendfile().
Security:
* Can log accesses, including Referer and User-Agent.
* Can chroot.
* Can drop privileges.
* Impervious to /../ sniffing.
* Times out idle connections.
* Drops overly long requests.
Limitations:
* This server only serves static content - *NO* CGI supported! |
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