Phttpd - a multithreaded web server

Copyright © 1994-1997 Peter Eriksson <pen@signum.se>


Phttpd is a free multithreaded, lightweight & fast World Wide Web server written by Peter Eriksson of the free software company Signum Support AB in Sweden.

It is currently only available for computers running the SunOS 5.4 (Solaris 2.4) operating system (or later versions) from Sun, but work is underway to port it to Unixes using Posix Threads.

Features:

Phttpd uses features like multithreading, dynamic linking and memory mapping to achieve quick response time, extensibility and high transfer rates, without consuming huge system resources.

Conditions:

It is NOT public domain software, but is available under the GNU GPL v2 (GNU General Public License, version 2) license. Ie: you may not sell binary copies of the software without also distributing the source code to it. See the license for more information.

Availability:

You can always get a copy of the source code by anonymous FTP from:
ftp.signum.se:/pub/phttpd
Or from one of the mirror sites:
ftp.lysator.liu.se:/pub/phttpd
ftp.netuse.de:/pub/phttpd
or you can buy a precompiled and supported version from Signum Support AB.

Support:

As Phttpd is free software it is made available without any warranty or support. However, if you need professional, commercial support (and are willing to pay for it), don't hesitate to contact Signum Support AB.

Documentation:

The documentation is currently being written, and no final version has yet been released. The work-in-progress can be read at:
http://www.signum.se/phttpd/doc
or on your local server (after you have installed Phttpd) in
/phttpd/doc

More information:

There is a mailing list for Phttpd-related information and announcements which you can reach at:
info-phttpd@signum.se
To be added to the list, send an email to:
info-phttpd-request@signum.se
and state that you wish to be added.

All messages sent to the list are archived at:

http://www.signum.se/~pen/phttpd-archive.mbox

The latest changes to Phttpd can be read by viewing the ChangeLog file, available at:

ftp.signum.se:/pub/phttpd/ChangeLog