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We've compiled a list of 8 free and paid alternatives to httpd. The primary competitors include Apache HTTP Server, nginx. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between httpd and KatWeb, TinyWeb, lighttpd. Also you can look at other similar options here: Network Security Software, Zero Trust Networking Software.
We've compiled a list of 8 free and paid alternatives to httpd. The primary competitors include Apache HTTP Server, nginx. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between httpd and KatWeb, TinyWeb, lighttpd. Also you can look at other similar options here: Network Security Software, Zero Trust Networking Software.
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Apache, is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web...
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nginx [engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor...
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A lightweight static web server and reverse proxy designed for the modern web.
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TinyWeb is a small, simple and lightweight Web server for Windows with CGI support.
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lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast...
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LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is a high-performance Apache drop-in replacement.
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Project GoalsThe efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security...
Project GoalsThe efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security...
Project Goals
The efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.
* Lean: Provide a small and monolithic architecture that supports the main standards and most important features of the web. Extensibility will never be implemented with plugins or loadable modules.
* Clean: Write readable and clean code following strict coding style(9) guidelines. "All code is beautiful".
* Secure: Implement secure code with strict validity checking, bounded buffer operations, and privilege separation to mitigate the security risks of possible bugs. Use strong cryptography with sane but secure defaults.
* Fast: Provide a fast implementation with a modern, event-based asynchronous I/O model. In fact, relayd uses the now popular async I/O model since 2007. Besides that, never sacrifice security for performance and do not use threads.
* Configurable: Make the configuration easy and nice with sane defaults, minimalistic configuration files and good documentation in the manual pages.
httpd fetaures
* Static files: Serves static files and directories via optional auto-indexing.
* FastCGI: Supports asynchronous and direct FastCGI via UNIX socket or TCP/IP.
Secure: Non-optional security by running chroot'ed and with privilege separation by default.
* SSL/TLS: Support secure connections via TLS powered by LibreSSL.
* Virtual servers: Flexible configuration with support for name- and IP-based virtual servers on IPv4 and IPv6.
* Reconfiguration: Reload the running configuration without interruption.
* Logging: Supports per-server logging via local access and error files or via syslog.
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