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GoServe 2.00
GoServe -- A Web and Gopher Server for OS/2
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Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corporation, 1993, 1995.
All rights reserved.
Introduction
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Two popular protocols for providing information on the Internet are the
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP, used by World-Wide Web clients) and
Gopher (used by both Web and Gopher clients).
'GoServe' is a multi-purpose server for OS/2 which supports both these
protocols. The emphasis in the design of GoServe has been to make it
easy to become an information provider for the Internet, while not
inhibiting full use of the protocols by sophisticated users.
Providing that you already have TCP/IP installed, GoServe can be running
and serving files across a network in minutes; no reboot or editing of
configuration files is necessary. The GoServe package includes 'quick
start' instructions and working samples for both Web and Gopher servers.
GoServe processes requests from Web or Gopher clients using a Rexx
script to allow for customization. A server can handle requests from
many clients, using OS/2 threads and script caching for efficiency.
Multiple servers can be started (using different ports), and an audit
trail of requests and actions can be recorded. When running as a Web
server, much of the complexity of the Web protocol is handled
automatically; many GoServe users will only need to be concerned about
the data being provided, and need not be concerned about the mechanism.
While running, a graphical display of GoServe activity is shown (the
"Graphical Webspinner Interface"?), with optional response-time graphing
and an audible indication of connections. For control, various
restrictions may be employed to limit the load on the server machine.
Certain GoServe operations can be controlled remotely, if desired, using
any Web or Gopher client (or an OS/2 CMD program).
GoServe is a 32-bit OS/2 application, which requires OS/2 2.x or OS/2
Warp. GoServe requires TCP/IP for OS/2, or equivalent, to be installed
and operational (either on a real network or using the loopback driver).
A single copy of GoServe may be used as both a Web server and a Gopher
server at the same time, if required.
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Mike Cowlishaw, IBM UK Laboratories
mfc@vnet.ibm.com