HTTPS for Windows/NT
- Author:
- Chris Adye <CJA@ml0.ucs.edinburgh.ac.uk>
- Platforms:
- PC+NT+Windows
- Availability:
- The server may be FTP'd
from emwac.ed.ac.uk in the directory
pub/https .
Release note
This message is to announce the availability
of a new beta-test version of the
HTTP server implementation (called
"HTTPS") for Windows NT. This software
allows a Windows NT machine to serve
information using the World-Wide
Web distributed hypermedia system.
HTTPS version 0.3 is an HTTP/1.0
server which runs as a Windows NT
"Service". Executables for Intel-based
systems, and DEC Aplha systems, are
available.
HTTPS is not a World-Wide Web client.
Existing 16-bit Windows 3.1 clients
run satisfactorily on Windows NT.
The server may be FTP'd from emwac.ed.ac.uk
in the directory pub/https. There
are two ZIP files - one for Intel-based
systems, one for Alpha-based systems.
Be sure you download the right one
for your processor.
You may also wish to download the
WAISTOOL toolkit for building and
searching WAIS databases, which can
be found in /pub/waistool.
New features in 0.3
- Can now search locally-held WAIS
databases (requires WAISTOOLs for
Windows NT, also available from EMWAC).
- HTTP transaction log written to text
file
Features
- HTTP/1.0 server which understands
HEAD and GET methods.
- Runs as a Windows NT "Service", so
that it keeps going even when there's
no-one logged in to the machine.
- Available for DEC Alpha and Intel
architectures.
- Much faster than the SERWEB server
ported from Windows 3.1.
- Multi-threaded!
- Logs errors using the Windows NT
Event Logger.
- Configuration through the Control
Panel.
- Configuration information stored
in Registry.
- Optionally logs HTTP transactions.
This server has been produced as
part of the European Microsoft Windows
NT Academic Centre (EMWAC) project.
EMWAC has been set up to support
and act as a focus for Windows NT
within European academia. It is
sponsored by Datalink Computers,
Digital, Microsoft, Research Machines,
Sequent and the University of Edinburgh.
A Gopher server for Windows NT is
also available for beta test. A WAIS
server is underway.
Regards,
Chris Adie Phone: +44 31 650 3363
Edinburgh University Computing Service Fax: +44 31 662 4809
University Library, George Square Email: C.J.Adie@edinburgh.ac.uk
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, United Kingdom