On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tamas Rudnai wrote= : > Writing an HTTP server is one of the most simple thing to do so. So is making a nuclear bomb. But doing it right is a whole different story. A web server is the portal to the outside and so is a huge target for exploiting security vulnerabilities. There's a right way to do it and a wrong way. > Also the > good thing is that there are tons of examples, for example this one: > > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-nweb/ > > But yes, you can use a pre written server, however, if that is not > configured correctly that is not safer than the one programmed by yoursel= f > in a wrong way. > > Not at all. Pretty much every real web server I've used has safe defaults. And I've used a LOT of web servers in many different environments. It's hard to screw up unless you go out of your way to screw it up. And by real web server I mean nginx, lightthpd, Apache, thttpd... not anything made by Microsoft or designed to run on Winbloze. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .