README
1 mohawk - small HTTP server
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3mohawk is a small HTTP server initially based on mini_httpd. It is heavily based
4on BSD technologies: kqueue(2), sendfile(2), queue(3), lot's of stuff from
5libutil.
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7It is not design for performance even if it performs with quite good at this
8point. It is design to be lightweight and low footprint.
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10It implements the following features :
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12 * GET, HEAD, and POST methods.
13 * CGI.
14 * Basic authentication.
15 * blacklistd(8) support (if available)
16 * Simple mime type support
17 * Trailing-slash redirection.
18 * index.html, index.htm, index.cgi
19 * Directory listings.
20 * Multihoming / virtual hosting.
21 * URL mapping
22 * status page
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24It also comes with a shell implementation of htpasswd which implements all the
25supported password formats supported by the apache version of htpasswd.
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27Beware that mohawk only support the basic (crypt) authentication currently.
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29Version 2.0.4: restrict_froms is obsolete. Use 'grant_acces' for acces / deny addresses or networks.
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31Version < 2.0.11: segfault when parsing malformed / unescaped url
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33Version 2.0.14: skip version 2.0.15, can't send any file under FreeBSD > 10
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