Re: kernel mode httpd/ftpd for FreeBSD?

From: Alexey Zelkin (phantom_at_FreeBSD.org.ua)
Date: 02/10/05

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To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net>

    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.

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