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From: JONESD@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (David Jones)
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Subject: DECthreads HTTP server 1.4 general release
Date: 23 Jun 1994 19:00:57 GMT
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The next iteration of my threaded HTTP server is now available.
The source files, either tar or zip format, may be obtained via anonymous FTP
to osu.edu.

This release is designated 1.4a to distinguish it from the pre-relase 1.4
version.  If you participated in the pre-release, you should pick up a
new copy since some minor changes have been made.

The server uses DECthreads to allow multiple concurrent connections, meaning
that a download of a large file over a slow connection (e.g. serial line)
won't delay the server's response to other clients.  Script execution is
done using DECnet tasks, allowing re-use of server processes (more efficient
than creating a new process each time).

Major features of the 1.4 release:

   o Access control.  Server administators can restrict access to files
     or directories based upon host IP address.  The infrastructure is
     in place to support user-based authentication and access restrictions.

   o Rule names in configuration file are now insensitive to case.

   o Server will now exit if it can't open the specified configuration
     file or the file useable.  This prevents the confusion caused by
     the server ruling out all requests when started with a missing or
     invalid configuration file.

   o Additional cache support.  The server may optionally be started with
     2 ports, the second port has the special attribute that queries to it
     will not use the cache (if enabled).  Note that this cache is an in
     memory cache of small (<8K) locally served documents, do not confuse
     this with the CERN server proxy cache.

   o Index searching, used in conjunction with files built by VMSINDEX.

   o For those without MMS, command procedures are supplied for building
     the server unsder each of the supported TCP packages.

   o Bug fixes: cgilib.c will no longer decode escaped characters in
     QUERY_STRING, as per CGI specification.  Corrected server response
     to 0.9 client requests.

The server supports 4 TCP/IP packages: UCX, Multinet, Wollongong, and CMU.
The package compiles and runs on either VAX(VMS 5.5 or later)  or AXP
platforms.  This version of the server is now running on
 kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu.


David L. Jones               |      Phone:    (614) 292-6929
Ohio State Unviversity       |      Internet:
1971 Neil Ave. Rm. 406       |               jonesd@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu
Columbus, OH 43210           |               vman+@osu.edu

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