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Re:Nweb: a tiny, safe web server (static pages only) by Rzor on Monday March 31, 2014 @10:33PM (#7505809)
I want to learn a bit about web servers and I think that study the source code of a functional one may worth more than try to build something from scratch at first glance. Since I'm seeing too many comments on the security issues of this particular project, can you guys recommend something more reliable?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I "know" C and C++ and would like to remain in one of these languages, if it's not asking too much.

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Re:Nweb: a tiny, safe web server (static pages only) by pjmlp on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @03:07AM (#7506594)
If you care about security then C and C++ are out of the game, specially if there is a team of different skill sets involved.

Having said this, have a look at Wt and Poco

http://www.webtoolkit.eu/wt

http://pocoproject.org

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Re:Nweb: a tiny, safe web server (static pages only) by dmoreno on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @05:43AM (#7507088)
Try also libonion: https://github.com/davidmoreno/onion

It is not a HTTP server, but a library to create your own ones. With many examples, as a trivial only share files at https://github.com/davidmoreno/onion/blob/master/examples/ba...

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