Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:42:27 +0900 (KST) From: CHOI Junho <cjh@kr.FreeBSD.org> To: max@love2party.net Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel mode httpd/ftpd for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20050208.224227.27773191.cjh@kr.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200502071319.57331.max@love2party.net> References: <20050207.182021.68162131.cjh@kr.FreeBSD.org> <200502071319.57331.max@love2party.net>
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From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Subject: Re: kernel mode httpd/ftpd for FreeBSD? Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:19:45 +0100 > On Monday 07 February 2005 10:20, CHOI Junho wrote: > > Anyone knows about kernel-mode httpd/ftpd for FreeBSD? (just like tux > > of linuxI searched several times but failed. > > No there is not. In my humble opinion it's a *really* bad idea to implement > something that vulnarable to external attacks and buffer overflows inside the > kernel. The often claimed performance benefit can as easily be achieved with > accept filters (see esp. accf_http(9)) and kqueue(9). There is really no > need to put this into the kernel. I understand what you mean. If so, why serious network server like nfs is still in kernel? Of course it is a fat job to implement http/ftp in kernel, but it can be a good experiment... -- CHOI Junho <http://www.kr.FreeBSD.org/~cjh>; cjh@[kr.]FreeBSD.org Key fingerprint = 1369 7374 A45F F41A F3C0 07E3 4A01 C020 E602 60F5
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