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G-WAN, Another Free Web Server

Posted by kdawson on from the dioing-it-in-a-hundred-k dept.

mssmss writes "Has anyone used G-WAN — a free (as in beer), supposedly fast and scalable Web server? The downside is it supports only C scripts, which the author claims is a plus since most programmers know C anyway. There is currently only a Windows release and no clear answer in their FAQs whether there would be Linux/Solaris releases. As an interesting aside, releasing a Web server while at the same time fighting a losing battle (PDF) with a large bank over a piracy claim of $200 million (the bank is alleged to have done the piracy) is quite a feat."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Insightful

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  2. Help me out here by TimHunter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why does the world need a non-free web server that only runs on Windows when there's already plenty of free (as in speech) ones out there (http://www.apache.org/, http://www.lighttpd.net/) that run everywhere?

    1. Re:Help me out here by Draek · · Score: 5, Insightful

      how many of todays Perl and PHP website scripting security issues would evaporate if the authors were forced to write in a less flexible language that took a few moments to actually compile before being enabled?

      None. Contrary to popular belief, lower-level languages don't make shitty programmers competent.

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  3. Re:Spite? by zblack_eagle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know how writing a web server that requires a Microsoft OS exactly hits them "where it hurts"

  4. Re:Big Plus! by bcrowell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Absolutely. What makes me especially excited about trying G-WAN is that whenever it crashes I'll have the extra fun of figuring out whether the reason it crashed was because my own C code crashed, or because the code in his web server crashed. But wait, there's more! Adding to this really enjoyable programming problem will be the extra challenge that comes with the fact that his code is closed source, so if the crash occurs inside his code, I'll be able to get in there with a debugger and spend an afternoon figuring out what happened and whether there's any way to change the data my code gives to his code so that his code won't crash crash. I can see many really enjoyable weekends ahead of me in my parents' basement, with a bowl of nachos and a liter jug of root beer. Good times!

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  5. The real question... by amirulbahr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the guy wants to write a web server to scratch an itch or something. No big deal there. The question is WHY THE FUCK DID IT MAKE SLASHDOT?

    1. Re:The real question... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The question is WHY THE FUCK DID IT MAKE SLASHDOT?

      Numerous people on this site have loudly proclaimed "Alternatives are great!!!" and have had their comments modded up for it.

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  6. Re:Okay, is it just me by timmarhy · · Score: 4, Insightful
    let me see.

    Using C as a "scripting" language. CHECK

    Using C as a "scripting" language on a WEB SERVER. CHECK

    Writing a non free webserver for windows only with very limited features. CHECK

    yep, he's passed the "i'm crazy as a loon" test.

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  7. Re:10. subnet? by Antique+Geekmeister · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That would be like saying "the fifth floor is in our building, not a public street address, so this warrant is useless". I bet that would be a useful bit of precedent to establish for lots of people who are served with search warrants. Given the router information mentioned in the article, and the settings of the laptop with an address in the address space, it's unsurprising that our plaintiff was upset that those machines did not get reported or searched properly.