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Updating features for CL-HTTP
Here is a query about features for the server comparison chart.
It presents some interesting challenges in identifying precisely what
the benefits of CL-HTTP are.
I suggested serveral to them:
1. Dynamically computed forms
2. Presentation types and automatic form processing in
the lispm version.
3. HTML 2.0 and pre3.0 generation tools
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>Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 14:20:38 -0700
>To: jcma@ai.mit.edu
>From: www-servers@proper.com (WWW server FAQ)
>Subject: Updating features for CL-HTTP
>
>Greetings. As you know, I am updating the servers chart by adding new
>features and reformatting the chart. The reformatting is being done by
>a Perl program, with input from a database. The first chart below was
>generated by the database, and it seems to work so far. :-)
>
>There has been a question as to what your software needs to do in order
>to get a "Yes" for some entries. For a program to get a "Yes", it must
>be able to fulfill the feature without requiring any software that does
>not come with the server. Thus, if the server administrator must write
>some new code himself/herself, or must download code from an FTP
>server, or must buy some add-on module, the answer is "No". Minor
>configuring of a program included with the server still rates a "Yes";
>writing any actual code rates a "No".
>
>The following are the entries that I have for your server. Please make
>sure they are correct; if any are not correct or need to be updated,
>please send me just the corrected fields.
>
>Full name: CL-HTTP from John Mallery
>Short name: CL-HTTP
>Runs under Unix: Yes
>Runs under Windows NT: No
>Runs under Windows 3.1: Yes
>Runs under OS/2: No
>Runs under MacOS: Yes
>Runs under VMS: No
>Runs under AmigaOS: No
>Can run from inetd: NA
>Logging with syslog: NA
>CERN/NCSA common log format: Yes
>Server-side includes: No
>Reply with any status code without using CGI: Yes
>Emits 500-level status codes: Yes
>Automatic response to If-Modified-Since: Yes
>Select files based on Accept header: No
>Change actions based on User-Agent header: Yes
>Can require password (Authorization: user): No
>Supports SSL: No
>Supports S-HTTP: No
>File security model: Allow access to all files unless listed in an access
>file; can make groups of users and allow access by group name
>Prohibit by IP address: Yes
>Prohibit by domain name: Yes
>Additional security features: Allows security locks to be kept outside of
>the protected directory (for example, to allow partial access only to
>CD-ROMs)
>GUI-based setup: No
>GUI-based maintenance: Yes
>Script or action based on output file type: Yes
>Also serves other protocols: No
>Automatic directory tree: Yes
>User directories: Yes
>Search engine: No
>Cost: Free
>
>And here's the list of new features that will be added to the chart.
>Please enter your response on the same line as the prompt (replying
>to this message with lines preceded by '>' characters is fine).
>
>*Runs under*
>Windows95:
>
>*Launching*
>Can serve different directory roots for different IP addresses:
>
>*Logging*
>Log files can be automatically cycled or archived:
>Normal (hit) log entries can be customized:
>Can write to multiple logs (such as for certain kinds of hits, or
> different logs with different record formats):
>Server can generate non-hit log entries (such as comments):
>CGI scripts can generate log entries:
>Performance measurment logs:
>
>*Protocol support and includes*
>Name given in "Server:" header:
>Ability to send dynamic documents or images (server push):
>Access to server state variables from CGI or other scripting:
>Reply with different documents based on client headers such
> as Accept, User-Agent, or URL:
>Includes based on HTML comments:
>Includes without using CGI or HTML comments:
>
>*Response headers*
>Automatically include any HTTP headers for HTML documents
> (without using CGI):
>Automatically include any HTTP headers for non-HTML documents
> (without using CGI):
>
>*Security*
>Allow access to different data hierarchies based on the client's IP address:
>Configurable user groups (not just a single user list):
>Can change access control list without restarting server:
>
>*Other*
>Real-time performance measurement tools:
>Remote maintenance while server is running:
>Script or action based on MIME content-type:
>Also acts as an HTTP proxy server:
>Proxy server also caches:
>Includes custom user interaction tools (chat rooms, BBS-like systems):
>
>
>Please reply by Wednesday, August 16. This will give me enough time to
>input your responses and generate a beta version of the full
>reformatted chart. If you have any questions, please feel free to
>contact me.
>
>--Paul Hoffman
>--Proper Publishing
>