Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:07:34 +1100 From: "Joe Shevland" <joe.shevland@horizonti.com> To: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: WebAdmin Message-ID: <199802060009.LAA20745@oznet07.ozemail.com.au>
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---------- > From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> [major snip] > > Again, I consider HTTP, CGI and HTML to be pretty much unrelated > > things when applied to this problem, and CGI is something that doesn't > > have any reason to be used for this task -- there are plenty of better > > ways to manage HTTP requests. > > Such as? I presume you're recommending a customised HTTPD, with the > access methods etc. embedded in some fashion? > > Of course, we have only been discussing (and implementing) this for a > few months now. Wes Peters has a lot more to say on that, I suspect. > -- Just to put my 2 bob in, the Java Naming & Directory Interface (JNDI) *may* be an option to take out the CGI handling/HTTP tranport mechanism altogether. Hopefully I'm not painting my face with egg, but my understanding of LDAP and the facilities it provides are complementary to this enterprise Java API. (I think I've probably managed to span about three discussion groups here :-) ). Bundled with the new cryptography API's, digital signing capabilities and nice networking features of Java this may be a preferable solution. I think implementing/patching a custom httpd is trying to make a dog into a cat if you see what I mean ;-). B4 anyone raises the GUI issue, Java needn't be graphical at all, from servlets which act like CGI's (but without the overhead of CGI's being invoked each time) to text-based applications. Could this be an option (might be worth bashing heads with the people from java@freebsd.ORG)? Should I be posting here, or to config? or to both? or to none for the cynics amongst you ;-) ? ********************************************************************** Joe Shevland - Horizon Technologies International Email: joe.shevland@horizonti.com Tel. : +61-03-6231-9335 Fax : +61-03-6231-9334 We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars - Oscar Wilde **********************************************************************
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