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This is Boa, a high performance web server for Unix-alike computers, |
This is Hydra, a modification of Boa, which supports multiple threads of |
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covered by the Gnu General Public License. This is version 0.94, |
execution. Boa is a high performance web server for Unix-alike computers, |
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released January 2000. It is well tested and appears to be of |
covered by the Gnu General Public License. This modification is based on |
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at least "gamma" quality. |
Boa version 0.94.13, and is currently of alpha quality. |
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Boa was created in 1991 by Paul Phillips <paulp@go2net.com>. It is now being |
Why Hydra? Well, Lernean Hydra was a nine headed, monstrous serpent in |
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Greek Mythology, and seemed to resemble fine a multi-threaded Boa. An |
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interesting feature of Hydra is that a head, when cut off was replaced by |
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two others. This was not duplicated in Hydra's threads! |
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***** Configure time parameters |
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--disable-ssl: Disables SSL and TLS support. You must have the gnutls library |
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--disable-smp: Disables all of the thread stuff. Hydra will function just like |
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Boa. |
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***** Development |
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A mailing list for Hydra is available at |
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http://lists.hellug.gr/mailman/listinfo/hydra-dev |
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Hydra has a public cvs repository. To checkout, use the following |
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$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.hellug.gr:/var/cvs/hydra login |
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--- password is 'anonymous' --- |
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$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.hellug.gr:/var/cvs/hydra co hydra |
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***** |
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About Boa: |
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Boa was created in 1991 by Paul Phillips <paulp@go2net.com>. It is being |
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maintained and enhanced by Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@boa.org> |
maintained and enhanced by Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@boa.org> |
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and Jon Nelson <jnelson@boa.org>. |
and Jon Nelson <jnelson@boa.org>. |
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http://www.boa.org/ |
http://www.boa.org/ |
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