I don't think this is currently possible with the current Apache, but hear
me out.
Would it be possible to have a generic server, like Apache, but not just
for HTTP - something that could also serve up NNTP connections, FTP
connections, etc. It seems to me at first look this should be possible.
As I can see it there's a few key components to Apache:
forking tcp/ip server
file caching/sending
header parsing
logging
(others?)
Those components, if they didn't care about HTTP, could also be used for
other types of servers, no? We could have a mod_perl enabled server, and
you could implement different protocols using perl modules. Am I completely
wacko or is this something that potentially could be possible?
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