Hi,
Yes, if you have access to the source code.
Another option is to use a servlet-enabled web server
and write some servlets to run on it - that's what servlet's
were designed for, to extend a web server.
Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Vasudev Ram
Infosys Technologies Limited
Pune, India
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Usha Sree Y [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 3:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Internals of Web Server....
>
> That was a quite good briefing about the server arch.
> Can we modify the code of the server program and change its functionality
> in any
> way?
>
> usha
>
> RVASUDEV wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > That's a big topic, but here's a whack at it :
> >
> > A web server supports the HTTP (and maybe CGI and Servlet) protocols.
> > It has a thread constantly running that waits in a loop, listening on
> > port 80 (or other if configured) (thiink ServerSocket in Java), for HTTP
> > requests. For each request, it spawns a new thread to handle the
> request.
> > The handler thread is passed an open socket connection (Socket in Java)
> > to the client. It parses the HTTP request and fulfils it if possible by
> > returning
> > the HTML file / image / text file / other resource requested. The data
> is
> > written to the socket connection so it ends up reaching the client,
> which
> > may be a web browser or a custom app. After each request is serviced,
> > the connection is closed.
> >
> > That was just the basic model. Most real servers will have plenty of
> > improvements / optimizations on this. E.g. - preforking processes/
> > threads to handle requests (improves perf), using HTTP 1.1 persistent
> > connections, implementing a cache, etc. etc. You can search the Web
> > for some sample Web server code implementations - there are quite
> > a few floating around.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > Vasudev Ram
> > Infosys Technologies Limited
> > Pune, India
> > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Nitin Gogia [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 12:13 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Internals of Web Server....
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me about the architecture (working) of any Web
> > > Server....about how it works ?
> > >
> > > Nitin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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