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This is Hydra, a modification of Boa, which supports multiple threads of
execution. Boa is a high performance web server for Unix-alike computers,
covered by the Gnu General Public License. This modification is based on
Boa version 0.94.13, and is currently of alpha quality.
Why Hydra? Well, Lernean Hydra was a nine headed, monstrous serpent in
Greek Mythology, and seemed to resemble fine a multi-threaded Boa. An
interesting feature of Hydra is that a head, when cut off was replaced by
two others. This was not duplicated in Hydra's threads!
***** Configure time parameters
--disable-ssl: Disables SSL and TLS support. You must have the gnutls library
for SSL to work.
--disable-smp: Disables all of the thread stuff. Hydra will function just like
Boa.
--disable-hic: HIC is a special hydra thread that handles scripting languages
such as PHP. Use this parameter to disable this feature.
***** Development
A mailing list for Hydra is available at
http://lists.hellug.gr/mailman/listinfo/hydra-dev
Hydra has a public cvs repository. To checkout, use the following
cvs commands,
$ cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/var/cvs/hydra login
--- password is 'anonymous' ---
$ cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/var/cvs/hydra co hydra
*****
About Boa:
Boa was created in 1991 by Paul Phillips <[email protected]>. It is being
maintained and enhanced by Larry Doolittle <[email protected]>
and Jon Nelson <[email protected]>.
For more information (including installation instructions) examine
the file docs/boa.txt or docs/boa.dvi, point your web browser to docs/boa.html,
or visit the Boa homepage at
http://www.boa.org/
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