CERN httpd
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| Developer(s) | CERN / World Wide Web Consortium |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 24 December 1990 |
| Final release | 3.0A
/ 15 July 1996[1] |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like |
| Available in | C |
| Type | Web server, proxy server |
| License | MIT Copyright Statement with acknowledgement to CERN |
| Website | www |
CERN httpd (later also known as W3C httpd) was a web server (HTTP) daemon originally developed at CERN from 1990 onwards by Tim Berners-Lee, Ari Luotonen[2] and Henrik Frystyk Nielsen.[1] Implemented in C, it was the first ever web server software.[3]
History
CERN httpd was originally developed on a NeXT Computer running NeXTSTEP, and was later ported to other Unix-like operating systems, OpenVMS and systems with unix emulation layers, e.g. OS/2 with emx+gcc. It could also be configured as a web proxy server.[1][3] Version 0.1 was released in June 1991.[4] In August 1991, Berners-Lee announced in the Usenet newsgroup alt.hypertext the availability of the source code of the server daemon and other World Wide Web software from the CERN FTP site.[5]
The original, first generation HTTP server which some call the Volkswagen of the Web.[6]
The server was presented on the Hypertext 91 conference in San Antonio and was part of the CERN Program Library (CERNLIB).[7][8][9]
Later versions of the server are based on the libwww library.[2] The development of CERN httpd was later taken over by W3C, with the last release being version 3.0A of 15 July 1996.[1] From 1996 onwards, W3C focused on the development of the Java-based Jigsaw server.[10]
The initial version was public domain software; the last one was under an MIT license.[11]
See also
- Comparison of web server software
- Traffic Server
- Web accelerator, which discusses host-based HTTP acceleration
- Proxy server, which discusses client-side proxies
- Reverse proxy, which discusses origin-side proxies
References
- ^ a b c d Official CERN httpd page
- ^ a b Kahan, José (5 August 1999). "Why Libwww?". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ a b The Server Guide: CERN httpd
- ^ Change History for httpd
- ^ Stewart, Bill. "Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, and the World Wide Web - Web development". Living Internet. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "W3C Open Source Software - CERN Server". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ^ "How the web began". CERN. 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Stewart, Bill. "Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, and the World Wide Web - Berners-Lee". Living Internet. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ Robert Cailliau (21 July 2010). "A Short History of the Web". NetValley. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ Baird-Smith, Anselm (April 1996). "W3C Activity: The CERN server". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ The birth of the web Licensing the web on cern.ch (2014, archived)