finding cheap hardware for Linux?

[Brad Cox]

On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 08:25:36PM +0000, E Frank Ball wrote:
> } Have you tried khttpd?  It is a kernel based web server that can hand of
> } requests for non-existant files and/or cgi scripts to a user land web
> } server.  You need to get 2.4.0 to use it, but it is extremely fast.
> } We were using it in production about a month ago, using the test10 kernel,
> } and had no problems with the khttpd portion of the kernel.  
> 
> Sounds cool.  I suppose it can run without another server if you don't
> want cgi?  I can keep myself amused writing obnoxious javascript
> programs and move the security risk to the other guys machine. 

I don't see why not.

> } Another product I've used is publicfile from Dan Bernstein (author of
> } qmail and djbdns), available from http://cr.yp.to/publicfile.html.  It
> } also features a ftp server that is largely broken.  The main benefit of
> } publicfile is that it is designed for security.  It doesn't require that
> } you use linux, so it would be a good choice if you can't for some reason.    
> I did look at this and it's a real pain in the ass to set up.  It seems
> to have a string of dependecies that you have to get setup and running.
> Documentation is weak.  Very alien concepts.  Never got it running.  

It helps if you have setup qmail and djbdns a number of times first.
It is a pain in the ass.  But it works really well.

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