Everhart, Glenn
From: Mark Daniel [Mark.Daniel@dsto.defence.gov.au]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 1998 5:22 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: WASD HTTPd update to v5.3
WASD VMS Hypertext Services Package (version 5.3, November 1998 release)
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Offers a complete HTTP server solution for the VMS environment.
It is FREEWARE, licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
It comes complete with extensive documentation, all source code, and
a number of VMS-specific scripts (see below). Known to work with VMS
versions 6.n and 7.1, with Digital TCP/IP 4.n (UCX), Process Software
Corporation's TCPware 5.n, and using the separate, freeware MadGoat
NETLIB library also supporting:
o Cisco MultiNet for OpenVMS, any version
o PathWay from Attachmate Inc., any version
o TCPware from Process Software Corporation, any version
o CMU TCP/IP (VAX only) v6.5 or later -NOT SUPPORTED-
The server has a single-process, multi-threaded, asynchronous I/O
design which offers very good performance while the single-process
context helps reduce system impact. It contains a simple demonstration
procedure (requires a privileged account). Installation and update
procedures ease maintenance. Startup procedures support single server
process on a single node, multiple processes on a single node, and
multiple processes across multiple node in a cluster.
A complete implementation of a basic HTTP/1.0 server
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o concurrent, multi-threaded client support
[UPD] o multi-homed and multi-port services (virtual servers)
o optional package providing enhanced privacy via
Secure Sockets Layer, supporting SSL v2 and v3,
with certificate generation and management utilities
(implemented using SSLeay v0.9.0b)
o "GET", "HEAD", "POST" and "PUT" support
o "If-Modified-Since:"/"304 Not Modified" functionality
(only sent if modified since time specified by client)
o HTTP/1.0 de-facto persistent connections ("Keep-Alive:")
(reducing the number of TCP/IP connects required)
o versatile directory listing (generic and VMS-style)
o CGI-compliant scripting (with configurable, automatic, MIME
content-type initiated activation)
o CGIplus scripting (reduced latency, increased throughput,
reduced system impact, for minor changes in CGI code)
o optional DECnet-based CGI scripting
o optional OSU-compatible DECnet-based scripting
o optional DECnet-based user account CGI and OSU scripting
o configurable file data and revision time cache
o configurable interpreters/environments for scripts
o Java-enabled scripting environment
o eXtended Server-Side Includes (HTML pre-processing)
o server-side, clickable-image support (NCSA and CERN formats)
o conditional rule mapping (allowing rules to be applied
on conditions other than simple path match)
o supports multiple concurrent language message database
(ISO-8859-1 charset, with an example Hungarian version!)
o host access control, acceptance or rejection
o "Basic" and "Digest" user authentication and
path/group-based authorization
o Web-standard, "common", "common+server" and "combined"
format access logs, PLUS user-defined formats
(allowing processing by most log-analysis tools)
o logging periods, providing automatic management of
access log files naming and size
[NEW] o site-customizable error reporting
o on-line server configuration, reports on activity,
configuration, mapping rules and authorization
[NEW] o on-line, in-browser-window, ad hoc, live server request
processing report via the WATCH facility
o persistant client state HTTP cookie aware
VMS-specific CGI scripts available
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o "Conan the Librarian", Help and text library script
o "HyperReader", BNU/Bookreader shelf navigation and
document reading scripts (works well considering :^)
o "HyperSPI", a VMS system performance reporting tool
o "HyperDisk", a disk usage reporting script
o Search and extraction scripts
o A number of other miscellaneous VMS script hacks!
o WASD-ready versions of ...
- Muquit's Web Access Counter (v2.3)
- Turner's Analog (v3.0) log analysis tools.
o OF COURSE, SUPPORTS OTHER CGI-COMPLIANT and OSU SCRIPTS!
Server Demonstration
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http://www.vsm.com.au:8000/
Package FTP Distribution
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ftp://ftp.vsm.com.au/wasd/
ftp://ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se/mirrors/vsm/wasd/
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