Monthly Archives: June 2005

lighttpd is a relatively new webserver. It has quite a few good features. The major design choice, is for it to be completely single threaded and single processed. This means all dynamic content generation is done via FastCGI. On the … Continue reading →

1 week after 2.1.5, a new alpha is out the door. Changes include fixing more of the security isseus from the Watchfire Report and unlike 2.1.5, this one should compile on Windows. Download 2.1.6 from: http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/ We really need testing … Continue reading →

I am extremely excited to announce that I have accepted a Job Offer from AskJeeves, at Bloglines in Los Gatos. More info coming in the next couple days, but among other things, this means I am moving to California.

Purchased a Volkswagen Golf this weekend: 2005, 4 Door, Hatchback, 115 hp, yadda, yadda, yadda…

Apache has a 2.1.5-ALPHA posted at: http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/ Change Log: http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/CHANGES_2.1 We really need people to test the alphas. I would like to push for a new 2.2.0 stable branch soon, and the more testing we get in alpha means the … Continue reading →

I noticed that the Cherokee Web Server added support for Solaris 10 Event Ports. They thought Cherokee was the first open source server to add support, but I beat them by 6 months. Back in November of 2004 I added … Continue reading →

At the highest level, HTTP is a very simple protocol. It is quite easy to write both a server and a client. However, the parts of the standard that control Cacahing of HTTP Requests become complex very quickly. So complex, … Continue reading →

Dear Jim Green, Your “Talking Fountain” is annoying. I do not want to hear gurgling water sounds while trying to get a drink of water. Thanks, -Me For those who haven’t heard it, the best I can do is show … Continue reading →