2019-11-26-web-server


     "thttpd" from Acme.com, is a simple bullet proof, from both internal and external attacks, HTTP web server that will work on a Raspberry Pi or almost any other linux based computer that even a third or fourth grader should be able to install. There are those that would like everyone to think that a web server is expensive and takes a lot of knowledge to run, so “buy your web hosting from our service,” when in reality, it probably will not cost very much more than one is now spending on their internet connection, and one will be in control of everything that is on their website. As I remember, in 2005 a T1 connection was around $600 - $1000 a month, and one could only afford a dial-up connection for around $20 or so, plus the expense of a phone line. Now, since I live out in a field and don’t have a landline, I have a basic wireless internet connection for $30 a month and had them add a static IP address for $5 a month. My unlimited internet connection is throttled to 2 megabits/sec (2Mbs) = 262,144 Bps (Bytes/sec) download and 1 megabits/sec (1Mbs) = 131,612 Bps (Bytes/sec) upload. The T1 line speed is 1.544 megabits/sec (1.544 Mbs), and operates as 24 different channels, each sending data through the line at 64 kilobits per sec (8 bits * 8000 Hz * 24 channels) = 1.536 Mbs throughput, due to overhead, with symmetrical speeds both upstream and downstream. Standard baud rates include: 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 19200, 28800, 33600, 38400, 57600, 115200, 128000, and 256000 bits per second. The old teletype was 110 baud, and the 56k modem was invented by Dr. Brent Towenshend in 1996. I still remember typing on old model 33 and 35 Teletypes for most of the day and sending the paper tape over the phone line at 110 baud in the mid 1970s! By 1980 only one of our machines was up to the high speed of 1200 baud at Mountain Bell in Grand Junction, Colorado, USA!

     My website: http://162.250.19.7/ is currently running on a Raspberry Pi 3B with a 1TB USB-3 hard disk drive and no microSD card. I posted my logs (http://162.250.19.7/ac0xl/logs/) so people can see that thttpd is a bullet proof web server and even a third or fourth grader would be safe running it on the World Wide Web Internet. RaspberryPi.org in England, is building low cost ($35 USD) computers so kids can learn about computers. They have produced and sold more than 27 million Raspberry Pi's and now have "Raspberry Pi Desktop (for PC and Mac)" free for download from their site.
     I first tested thttpd-2.25b back in 2005 on an old x86 computer that had been donated to the museum archives running a small linux package, http://162.250/19.7/ac0xl/www/2005-museumarchives/. In less than a month a guy from Ohio typed "missile base" into his web browser and my web site was the first one to pop up! At that time, I would see the GoogleBot about every week and a half. Since I have been running my web server for over five months, I have not seen it once! Google Search is broken and has been broken for several years! It is time someone built a search engine that will search "HTTP port 80" the default HTTP port. There are those who think http is insecure and open to a vast array of vulnerabilities. I believe the vulnerabilities are not in http but in the "Domain Name Service" (DNS) which translates domain names into IP addresses. By using just an IPv4 address, one is basically hard wired into the Internet. The only place that address can go is to the computer that is physically connected to that address.
     Https://news.netcraft.com, December 2019 Web Server Survey, 10th December, 2019
     In the December 2019 survey we received responses from 1,268,289,402 sites across 243,753,534 unique domain names and 9,430,985 web-facing computers. This reflects a loss of 40.1 million sites, but a gain of 19,200 domains and 156,000 computers. An old link from Netcraft Web Server Survey thinks thttpd is the 7th most popular web server in the world. (Let's put it back on the map!)
     With more than 27 million Raspberry Pi's sold and GOD only knows how many older computers that are setting around collecting dust that could run "Raspberry Pi Desktop (for PC and Mac)", or some other version on linux, "thttpd" can be installed on these computers and they can become active web-facing computers that are owned by the individual and totally under that individual's control. Big tech has convinced most people that they need a "domain name" if they want a web site, and that they need some big company to manage all of the hardware for that site! In reality, if you have a spare computer that can run some version of linux, all you need to do is load "thttpd" on it, which is available for free from "Acme.com", and you will have a fully functioning web server which can be accessed from anywhere in the world!
     Let's see how many million new web sites we can add to the number of web-facing computers that are directly connected to the Internet! It is time for the people of the world to speak up and let "Big tech" know that when they ban us from their sites, we will just build our own sites and not have to be bothered with their "Social Justice Warriors"!

     Luke 12:2-3 2 There is nothing covered up that will not be uncovered, or hidden that will not become known. 3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops. (Complete Jewish Bible).
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Links:
     http://Acme.com/, The site that has "thttpd" available for download. It used to be the 7th most popular web server in the world.
     https:/www.raspberrypi.org/, The official site for the Raspberry Pi computers, with     Products, Blog, Downloads, Community, Help, Forums, Education, Projects, and magazines.

     These links are the easiest and best I have found for sharing the “Good News” I found around my seventh birthday, the Fall of 1955. Frank Anderson, ac0xl.
     http://4laws.com/laws/languages.html, 4 Spiritual Laws.
     https://www.cru.org/us/en/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/the-spirit-filled-life.html, The Spirit Filled Life.
     https://www.cru.org, Exploring Your Life’s Purpose - Let’s journey together.
     https://godtoolsapp.com, GodTools - Helping You Share Your Faith.
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