Comanche 20070711

Comanche is an extremely simple HTTP (web) server written entirely in the Python language. It does not use any of the many Python standard library modules related to HTTP serving, as it was initially written as a learning exercise. At present it does not support CGI or SSL and uses a simple fork-on-demand architecture, but is being actively improved. Read the detailed description for more information.Comanche is named after an American Indian tribe, like some other web servers you may have heard of (Apache, Cherokee). I don\'t really know anything about American Indians, but I know a surprising amount about military helicopters, which are sometimes named after tribes as well: I got the name Comanche from Boeing-Sikorsky\'s RAH-66 Comanche \"stealth\" armed reconnaissance chopper.Detailed descriptionComanche is a simple, forking web server written in Python. It was written primarily to teach me how to do socket programming in Python, not to be an industrial strength server you might use in the real world. However, I loved writing it and will continue to hack on it in the hopes that one day it will be an industrial strength server you might use in the real world. I want to keep Comanche small, simple and easy to configure (in alignment with my general feelings on software): Comanche is inspired by servers like Acme Lab\'s thttpd and mini_httpd, and the bozotic HTTP server.At the moment, Comanche is really only good for two things:* You could read the code to learn about Python socket programming, the HTTP protocol and forking server architectures.* You could use it to serve websites and files to an internal network where you know everyone can be trusted not to exploit security flaws and you won\'t lose a lot of face if your sites go down.I would recommend against using Comanche in its current state to serve content to the outside world. Its origins as a learning exercise are still very visible. Things like security, stability and performance were not priorities. There are probably situations under which it will break, and there may be exploitable security holes with very nasty consequences. Still, it is by no means a complete shambles and you should certainly try it for internal serving.Just so you don\'t download it and get disappointed, here is a list of things that Comanche does currently do:* Basic HEAD and GET method handling,* \"If-(Un)Modified-Since\" condition handling,* Standard format logging,* Directory indexing,* Name based virtual hosting,and here is a list of things that Comanche does not currently do:* POST, PUT, DELETE or TRACE method handling,* Some conditional or partial GET or HEAD handling,* Any kind of authentication,* CGI, Fast or otherwise,* SSL.I\'d like to think it will do all of the above one day.Complete Instructions
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