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p5-Net-Server-2.014p0

extensible Perl internet server

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Description

`Net::Server' is an extensible, generic Perl server engine. `Net::Server' combines the good properties from `Net::Daemon' (0.34), `NetServer::Generic' (1.03), and `Net::FTPServer' (1.0), and also from various concepts in the Apache Webserver. Features include: * Single Server Mode * Inetd Server Mode * Preforking Simple Mode (PreForkSimple) * Preforking Managed Mode (PreFork) * Forking Mode * Multi port accepts on Single, Preforking, and Forking modes * Simultaneous accept/recv on tcp, udp, and unix sockets * User customizable hooks * Chroot ability after bind * Change of user and group after bind * Basic allow/deny access control * Customized logging (choose Syslog, log_file, or STDERR) * HUP able server (clean restarts via sig HUP) * Dequeue ability in all Fork and PreFork modes. * Taint clean * Written in Perl * Protection against buffer overflow * Clean process flow * Extensibility

Package information

Ports path
devel/p5-Net-Server
Package architecture
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Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
devel, net, perl5
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