"So if there is a strong reason that I am unaware of that I should be using Apache, please let me know."

Because it has already been written, tested, standardized, industry approved and backed. It runs just fine on Windows, but I have yet to find a compelling reason to not use Linux for this type of application. Linux and Apache got the market first -- Microsoft is too busy figuring how to control their users for me to consider paying for their product. Apache is free. Linux servers are cheap.

I too love Perl, but if I am writing a web application -- and that's pretty much all i do these days -- i am going to use Apache to handle what your 19 lines does. Sure, it's bigger -- but once you learn how to use it you can apply that knowledge to many more existing web applications written by a vast array of scruffy hackers.

Use the right tool for the right job. And if your 19 lines is the right tool then there you have it. Just realize you didn't need to even write those 19 lines. Apache does all of that. And thanks to packages like xampp installation and configuration just gets easier and better.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to Re^3: HTTP::Daemon Security Question by jeffa
in thread HTTP::Daemon Security Question by bkiahg

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