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Original author(s) | Hugo Leisink |
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Developer(s) | Hugo Leisink |
Initial release | 2002 |
Stable release | 11.5
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/ 23 October 2023 |
Repository | |
Written in | C [2] |
Operating system | FreeBSD, Haiku os, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, OpenBSD, OS X, QNX, Solaris, Unix-like and Windows [3] |
Platform | POSIX, Cross-platform |
Available in | English |
Type | Web server |
License | GPL-2.0-only |
Website |
hiawatha |
Hiawatha was a free and open source cross-platform web server developed by Hugo Leisink. [4]
Hiawatha development began in January 2002 as a web server. Leisink, a computer science student at the time, initially created the server to support internet servers based in student houses in South Holland and the Netherlands. The web server was designed with security as its focus.
The January 2009 edition of Linux Magazine included an article on the Hiawatha web server, describing it as "a light web server with good performance and some innovative security functions". [5] In 2015 Hiawatha was cited as a lightweight alternative to Apache, as it prioritized the installation experience and reduced storage over adding other features. [6] [7] [8]
In February 2019 Leisink announced the end of major development. [9] Releases since have focused on fixing bugs, and keeping components up to date. [10]
In February 2019, Leisink announced the release of version 10.9 and the end of major development in blog posts. [9] As of December 2023, Leisink continued to publish bug fixes and small improvement releases. [10]
The Hiawatha web server featured:
Hiawatha aimed to prevent SQL-injection, cross-site scripting ( XSS), Cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and denial-of-service attacks. It allowed banning of potential hackers and had an option to limit the runtime of CGI applications. [14] RFC3546 support was included with version 8.6, which was developed with PolarSSLv1.2.
In 2012 a performance test was carried out by an independent researcher (SaltwaterC). It found that Hiawatha was faster than ten other servers with Drupal static content, while performing comparably to the rest in other metrics. [15]
Hiawatha supported load-balanced FastCGI and supported the PHP project's FastCGI Process Manager (PHP-FPM)). [16]
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Original author(s) | Hugo Leisink |
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Developer(s) | Hugo Leisink |
Initial release | 2002 |
Stable release | 11.5
[1]
/ 23 October 2023 |
Repository | |
Written in | C [2] |
Operating system | FreeBSD, Haiku os, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, OpenBSD, OS X, QNX, Solaris, Unix-like and Windows [3] |
Platform | POSIX, Cross-platform |
Available in | English |
Type | Web server |
License | GPL-2.0-only |
Website |
hiawatha |
Hiawatha was a free and open source cross-platform web server developed by Hugo Leisink. [4]
Hiawatha development began in January 2002 as a web server. Leisink, a computer science student at the time, initially created the server to support internet servers based in student houses in South Holland and the Netherlands. The web server was designed with security as its focus.
The January 2009 edition of Linux Magazine included an article on the Hiawatha web server, describing it as "a light web server with good performance and some innovative security functions". [5] In 2015 Hiawatha was cited as a lightweight alternative to Apache, as it prioritized the installation experience and reduced storage over adding other features. [6] [7] [8]
In February 2019 Leisink announced the end of major development. [9] Releases since have focused on fixing bugs, and keeping components up to date. [10]
In February 2019, Leisink announced the release of version 10.9 and the end of major development in blog posts. [9] As of December 2023, Leisink continued to publish bug fixes and small improvement releases. [10]
The Hiawatha web server featured:
Hiawatha aimed to prevent SQL-injection, cross-site scripting ( XSS), Cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and denial-of-service attacks. It allowed banning of potential hackers and had an option to limit the runtime of CGI applications. [14] RFC3546 support was included with version 8.6, which was developed with PolarSSLv1.2.
In 2012 a performance test was carried out by an independent researcher (SaltwaterC). It found that Hiawatha was faster than ten other servers with Drupal static content, while performing comparably to the rest in other metrics. [15]
Hiawatha supported load-balanced FastCGI and supported the PHP project's FastCGI Process Manager (PHP-FPM)). [16]