Re: How Internet is a mess. (Playing with HTTPD)

[tadman]

You might want to take this and turn it into a module you can merge in with Apache. The mod_perl subsystem can be used to filter out undesirable requests before they even get processed. There are examples in the Writing Apache Modules book.

People tend to frown on reinventing the wheel, though in a lot of circumstances it is quite educational. Sometimes you learn about how it works, and sometimes you learn that it's not quite as simple as you thought.

[gmpassos]

How I say: "...use this code, based on HPL::HTTPD". It's a module! And HPL works with mod_perl too (we don't need the module HPL::HTTPD inside mod_perl). HPL filter all the request and check if they are ok before run them.

Well, I "reinvented" the wheel because I think that it can rolls better! ;-P

Graciliano M. P.
"The creativity is the expression of the liberty".