Httpd4mac Information

httpd4Mac Information httpd4Mac v13b Thank you for taking an interest in 'httpd4Mac' (for Macintosh) now at version BETA 1.3 This program used to be called just 'httpd', but that caused some confusion, so I have renamed it 'httpd4Mac'. httpd4Mac is a simple program that allows you to use your Mac as a WWW server. This home.html file is an HTML version of the file called 'About httpd4Mac...' that used to come with this program. I used to operate an experimental home page at http://130.246.18.52/ but due to a change in circumstances I cannot maintain this anymore, however Peter Hardman of Manchester University has kindly offered to host the pages at http://sodium.ch.man.ac.uk/pages/httpd4Mac/home.html and I very grateful to him, this site may occasionally contain latest development version, but cannot offer technical support. v13b is basically a release of the development version v123d9 which has been running on the server above successfully for some time now, plus a couple of minor bug fixes and one improvement. The following areas are covered in this file:- Index Warranty Overview Why httpd4Mac ? Machine Requirements Running the program Memory setup Prefs file directives About MIME Multiple servers Files that can be served Writing WWW pages Likely improvements for future releases Possible improvements for a future release Unlikely improvements for a future release Unexpected 'features' A bit about the code development List of bug fixes/release history Incompatibilities New Versions Comments/Problems WARRANTY This program is supplied free with absolutely no warranty and may do unthinkable damage to your machine or data, for which I will accept no liability. Having said that, I didn't write it to do that, but you must satisfy yourself it will not do any damage before using it. You can do whatever you want with it except:- Distribute it without this file, home.html, which describes it. Charge money for it (fair duplication/floppy costs excluded) 1z8 httpd4Mac Information Back to index ABOUT httpd4Mac 'httpd4Mac' is an fba (Faceless Background Application) that implements a minimal http server. It currently supports the GET and HEAD methods, with full or simple requests. It ignores 'Accept' fields from the client. NB The http spec does not allow such a thing as a simple HEAD request. The only simple method is GET. But seeing as the …