From: Max Laier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: kernel mode httpd/ftpd for FreeBSD? Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:19:45 +0100
> On Monday 07 February 2005 10:20, CHOI Junho wrote: > > Anyone knows about kernel-mode httpd/ftpd for FreeBSD? (just like tux > > of linuxI searched several times but failed. > > No there is not. In my humble opinion it's a *really* bad idea to implement > something that vulnarable to external attacks and buffer overflows inside the > kernel. The often claimed performance benefit can as easily be achieved with > accept filters (see esp. accf_http(9)) and kqueue(9). There is really no > need to put this into the kernel. I understand what you mean. If so, why serious network server like nfs is still in kernel? Of course it is a fat job to implement http/ftp in kernel, but it can be a good experiment... -- CHOI Junho <http://www.kr.FreeBSD.org/~cjh> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key fingerprint = 1369 7374 A45F F41A F3C0 07E3 4A01 C020 E602 60F5 _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
