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Everything about CERN httpd
Early web server
CERN httpd is an early, now discontinued, web server (HTTP) daemon originally developed at CERN from 1990 onwards by Tim Berners-Lee, Ari Luotonen and Henrik Frystyk Nielsen. Implemented in C, it was the first web server software. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CERN httpdA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Unix System Administration HandbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Multi-polar group cationic collector HTTPD: Mechanistic insights into selective flotation of bastnaesiteCited 46 times
- Go sideways: LibwwwA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Line Mode BrowserA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
Relayd and Httpd MasteryMichael W Lucas · 2017
JBoss EAP6 High AvailabilityWeinan Li · 2013- 📕Relayd and Httpd MasteryMichael Lucas · 2017
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