W3C

W3C httpd

W3C httpd is a generic public domain full-featured hypertext server which can be used as a regular HTTP server. The running typically on port 80 to serve hypertext and other documents, and also as a proxy -- a server on a firewall machine -- that provides access for people inside a firewall to the outside world. When running as proxy httpd may be configured to do caching of documents resulting in faster response times.

Authors
Ari Luotonen, Henrik Frystyk, Tim Berners-Lee
Status
Version 3.1 is under consideration but no release date has been decided.
Plans
Implement server-side includes. Further enchance performance and caching algorithm. Enhance access control with encryption level authentication and protection.
Platforms
The server is known to compile on the following Platforms. See also the VMS version.
Getting the Source Code
The latest source code is available in the following formats: You MUST also get version 2.17 of the W3C Reference Library in order to build the server. You can find old versions of the source code in our distribution archives and you can browse through the latest source files on our server!

A packet contains the following components:

You can see how to unpack and compile the software in the README file, and you can find more information on how to install the daemon in the Installation Guide and how to use it in the User's Guide.

Precompiled Binaries
Binaries are available for many Platforms from our distribution archives
Copyright
W3C httpd is covered by the MIT Copyright Statement, and with acknowledgement to CERN
Patches, Bug fixes, etc..
When you have modifications and want them to go into our code base then please fill out the form for Corrections, Modifications, and Patches and send it to us. Otherwise we can not use the patch!

More information

Features include


Henrik Frystyk, httpd@w3.org, August 1995