"Lex" == Lex Spoon lex@cc.gatech.edu writes:
> Patrick Logan patrickl@servio.gemstone.com wrote:
>> I would get one of the real Web servers like Apache. I am >> currently trying out the AOLserver, which is also free and >> full-featured. I would connect one of these Web servers to >> Smalltalk...
Lex> Once you've got "parse a request" and "lookup a handler", Lex> what more features does a web server need?
The benefits depend on your needs. Here are some things on the AOLserver feature list that I would rather use than build myself:
* Web-based Administration
* Fast and efficient handling of simultaneous connections through a combination of multi-threading, in-memory caching, and single-threaded asynchronous I/O.
* Multihomed Architecture
* Secure Sockets Layer
* Hierarchical Access Control - Restrict access to all or part of your Web through lists of users, groups, and/or client address
* FTP Server - Uses the same access control as the HTTP server and lets you write scripts that run every time pages are uploaded or downloaded
* SHTML server-side includes
* etc.
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