Web Server Choice and comparision tables
- Apache: heavyweight
- Nignx vs Lighttpd
- Hiawatha the most secure
- Comparision table/Tabla comparativas
- Conclusion
Sources: http://vegnuli.needthis.net/Web_Server__Choice
Server | Developed | License |
---|---|---|
Apache HTTP Server | Apache Software Foundation | |
Cherokee HTTP Server | Álvaro López Ortega | GPL |
Hiawatha HTTP Server | Hugo Leisink | |
Yaws | Claes Wikström | GPL |
lighttpd | Jan Kneschke | BSD variant |
Nginx | NGINX, Inc. | BSD variant |
Features/Caracteristicas
link to wikipedia | Basic authentication | Digest authentication | SSL/TLS https | Virtual hosting | CGI | FCGI | SCGI | WSCGI | SSI | ISAPI | Userland kernelspace | Admin console | IPv6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[b] | Yes | Yes[d] | user | Yes[e] | Yes | |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Unknown | user | Yes | Yes[i] | |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | user | Yes | Yes[1] | |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | user | Yes | Yes | |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | user | No | Yes | |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | Unknown | user | Yes | Unknown | |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | user | Yes[5] | Yes[6] | |
Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | user | No | Yes | |
No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | kernel | Unknown | Unknown | |
Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | user | Unknown | Yes |