Why NCSA httpd?

Here is a list of the server's features. Follow the links to read about them and see demonstrations of their use.

• Low impact

  Designed to be small and fast.

• Compatibility

  Works with most HTTP/0.9 and HTTP/1.0 browsers.

• Unified directory structure

  Documents are served from a single virtual directory.

• Directory indexes

  Tell users what is in your directories.

• User supported directories

  Allow users to have their own HTML directories.

• Server scripts

  Customize your server to execute searches and handle HTML forms.

• Security

  Limit access to certain directories of your server.

• Server side include files

  Include the output of commands or other files in your HTML documents.

If you are interested, here is a version history of past releases.

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