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nostromo-2.1

simple, fast and secure HTTP server

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Description

nhttpd is a simple, fast and secure HTTP server. It runs as a single process, handling connections with select(2). For CGIs and directory listing it does fork(2). nhttpd has the minimum of HTTP/1.1 and CGI/1.1 implemented. Also supported are: chroot, setuid, basic authentication, SSL, IPv6, custom responses, aliases, and virtual hosts.

Package information

Ports path
www/nostromo
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Marcus Glocker <marcus@nazgul.ch>
Categories
www
Available flavors
None listed

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Direct dependencies

None listed in sqlports.

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