Apache is just like all the other projects that grow too big and people get ignorent towards the basic things like fast performance and security.
Apache is kind of PHP of the web servers. It's easy to use, it's supported by every webhost since everybody is used to it, and their developers don't spend too much consideration on security and perfomance. And this is coming from someone who uses Apache and PHP.
If you truly want secure, fast-performance web server, use nginx [wikipedia.org]. It's much better done than Apache.
nginx is a fantastic web server in some cases, but it does have some pretty serious drawbacks, too. It can't easily run CGI scripts, for instance. You get stuck using FastCGI, or SCGI, or PHP, or a half-assed adapter that tries to make your CGI script a FastCGI script, or some other technique. That does no good for those of us with proven and tested CGI scripts that we need to run. So we'll have to use Apache, lighttpd, or one of the many other non-nginx web servers out there instead, until nginx gets its a
Apache is too bloated (Score:0)
Apache is kind of PHP of the web servers. It's easy to use, it's supported by every webhost since everybody is used to it, and their developers don't spend too much consideration on security and perfomance. And this is coming from someone who uses Apache and PHP.
If you truly want secure, fast-performance web server, use nginx [wikipedia.org]. It's much better done than Apache.
nginx has its problems, too. (Score:0)
nginx is a fantastic web server in some cases, but it does have some pretty serious drawbacks, too. It can't easily run CGI scripts, for instance. You get stuck using FastCGI, or SCGI, or PHP, or a half-assed adapter that tries to make your CGI script a FastCGI script, or some other technique. That does no good for those of us with proven and tested CGI scripts that we need to run. So we'll have to use Apache, lighttpd, or one of the many other non-nginx web servers out there instead, until nginx gets its a
Re: (Score:1)
Welcome to 2011, not running CGI scripts is a feature (and a good one at that).
Re:nginx has its problems, too. (Score:2)
Although, your comment was quite damn funny.