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An Overview of the Boa Web Server

Posted by Hemos on from the smal-pretty-small dept.

Gentu writes "There is a pretty new and little known, lite web server in town, named Boa. The server can run very fast on older machines, even on embedded devices, but it is only CGI-based. OSNews introduces Boa (running under Linux) and it includes some preliminary benchmarks against Apache and thttpd."

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  1. Meaning of new? by ggruschow · · Score: 0, Redundant
    There is a pretty new and little known, lite web server in town

    The author is obviously not that into technology. Software released in 1995 isn't new at all by my standards. I certainly wouldn't consider most other things from 1999 new either. A car? certainly not. A building? maybe. A country? Well, OK.

  2. Umm, yeah by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 1, Redundant

    There is a pretty new and little known, lite web server in town, named Boa. The server can run very fast on older machines, even on embedded devices, but it is only CGI-based.

    umm... if you mean "new" as in 1995 and "only CGI-based" as in optimized for static content, then sure, you might have something here. Don't poke an eye out, ok?

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  3. Not New! by PretzelAvenger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Boa is NOT NEW. thttpd used to run it on the comparisons page.

    Grr. Argh.