On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:19:45PM +0100, Max Laier wrote: > 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.
Why not ? Having small and reliable kernel http server able to handle static content only and limited functionality, would be useful in many cases. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
