On Nov 12, 2011 7:00 PM, "Mick" <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been using boa just for this purpose for years: > > * www-servers/boa > Available versions: > ~ 0.94.14_rc21 "~x86 ~sparc ~mips ~ppc ~amd64" [doc] > Homepage: http://www.boa.org/ > Description: A very small and very fast http daemon. > > It can be easily locked down for internet facing roles. > > I've also used thttpd (you can throttle its bandwidth if that's important in > your network), but it's probably more than required for this purpose: > > * www-servers/thttpd > Available versions: > 2.25b-r7 "amd64 ~hppa ~mips ppc sparc x86 ~x86-fbsd" [static] > ~ 2.25b-r8 "~amd64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd" > [static] > Homepage: http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/ > Description: Small and fast multiplexing webserver.
Thanks for all the input! During my drive home, something hit my brain: why not have the 'master' server share the distfiles dir via NFS? So, the question now becomes: what's the drawback/benefit of NFS-sharing vs HTTP-sharing? The scenario is back-end LAN at the office, thus, a trusted network by definition. Rgds,
