--- hydra/README 2002/09/21 13:53:09 1.1 +++ hydra/README 2002/09/26 14:52:17 1.4 @@ -1,9 +1,34 @@ -This is Boa, a high performance web server for Unix-alike computers, -covered by the Gnu General Public License. This is version 0.94, -released January 2000. It is well tested and appears to be of -at least "gamma" quality. + This is Hydra, a modification of Boa, which supports multiple threads of +execution. Boa is a high performance web server for Unix-alike computers, +covered by the Gnu General Public License. This modification is based on +Boa version 0.94.13, and is currently of alpha quality. -Boa was created in 1991 by Paul Phillips . It is now being +Why Hydra? Well, Hydra is a many headed serpent in Greek Mythology, and +seemed to resemble fine a multi-threaded Boa. An interesting feature of +Hydra is that head, when cut off was replaced by two others. This was not +duplicated in Hydra's threads! + +***** +Configure time parameters: + + --disable-ssl: Disables SSL and TLS support. You must have the gnutls library + for SSL to work. + + --disable-smp: Disables all of the thread stuff. Hydra will function just like + Boa. + +***** +Development. Use the following cvs commands, to checkout the hydra repository: + +$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.hellug.gr:/var/cvs/hydra login +--- password is 'anonymous' --- +$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.hellug.gr:/var/cvs/hydra co hydra + + +***** +About Boa: + +Boa was created in 1991 by Paul Phillips . It is being maintained and enhanced by Larry Doolittle and Jon Nelson .