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task #10903: Submission of Assange Webserver

Submitter:  William Demchick <wsd>
Submitted:  Tue 01 Feb 2011 01:21:45 AM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Tue 01 Feb 2011 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Fri 11 Feb 2011 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  alexfernandez Open/Closed:  Closed
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Sat 12 Feb 2011 06:18:55 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi William,

I am reviewing your submission on behalf of Savannah, sorry for the delay.

Everything is fine. I would recommend creating a README file stating the license, a simple installation guide and the purpose of the package -- basically a copy&paste of what you have written here.

I am approving your submission. Welcome, and have fun!



I've approved your project--welcome on board! :-)

You'll receive a mail notification with further instructions shortly.

--
Happy hacking!

Alex Fernandez <alexfernandez>
Tue 01 Feb 2011 01:21:45 AM UTC, original submission:  

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Registration Details


  • Name: Assange Webserver
  • System Name:  assange
  • Type: non-GNU software & documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later





Description:

The Assange Webserver is a web server program with a very specific purpose.  It is designed to be run on hosts experiencing exceedingly high demand, like those undergoing a DDoS.

There are two main ways that Assange is different from many web server programs.

Firstly, it is designed to be (very) quick and secure, but not:
    - perfectly standards compliant
    - fully-featured (even less than a server like lighttpd)

This might seem to be unacceptable for a generally purpose web server program, and it is.  But Assange is not a general purpose web server program.  If a sysadmin has the option of serving a simple website, or no website at all, I suspect she/he will pick the former.

Secondly, the server is designed to be incredibly resistant to extremely high connection counts.  The three main ways it does this is:
    - allocating almost all required memory on startup
    - loading all of the "blobs" it will serve into memory on startup
    - using only one thread

The "blobs" are currently packaged into a binary format by a separate script.  Then, the package is loaded by the main web server program.

Secondary features of the web server will include:
    - the ability to efficiently forward a website to a set of "url prefixes"
    - advanced connection management features like bandwidth throttling

The main web server program is written in C, with no special extensions.  The packaging script is written in Python.  The build system (which is extremely simple at this stage) is written in GNU Make.


Other Software Required:

GNU libc, LGPL v2.1, http://gnu.org/sofware/libc
cPython, PSF License, http://python.org/
GNU Make, GPL v3 +, http://gnu.org/software/make

Compiles under GCC, GPL v3, http://gcc.gnu.org/


Other Comments:

The attached tarball should compile and work, but it is not recommended for use yet.  Extensive stress testing and security analysis has not been performed.  Also, I will work on improving the "coding style".


Tarball URL:

http://savannah.gnu.org/submissions_uploads/assange-1feb2011-1418.tar.gz


William Demchick <wsd>

 

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