[TriLUG] khttpd ?

[Sinner from the Prairy]

On Dimarts 26 Març 2002 03:32 pm, Jeremy P wrote:
> I was reading through some old press releases on the 2.4 kernel, and found
> a number of ereferences to something caleld "khttpd" which is supposed to
> be a "Kernel web daemon".  It looks like kttpd is a kernel module, and all
> configuration is done by echo'ing stuff to appropriate locations in
> /proc/sys/net/khttpd/ .  It works by responding to all web requests for
> static files; dynamic content requests are then passed on to your nomal
> web server.  In the latter case kttpd acts apparently acts as a proxy.

> Does anyone use this?  How does it get along with more complex features of
> Apache (rewrite rules, SSL, authentication, etc)?  Or is this another one
> of those "good ideas" that never really got seriously implemented?
>
> --Jeremy

Sounds like Tux, the Kernel webserver


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