<s>
HTTP	B-Application
File	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
otherwise	O
known	O
as	O
HFS	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
publishing	O
and	O
sharing	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
complete	O
feature	O
set	O
differs	O
from	O
other	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
;	O
it	O
lacks	O
some	O
common	O
features	O
,	O
like	O
CGI	B-Language
,	O
or	O
even	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
Windows	O
service	O
,	O
but	O
includes	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
counting	O
file	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
even	O
advised	O
against	O
using	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
ordinary	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
HFS	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
HTTP	B-Application
file	I-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
aimed	O
at	O
mostly	O
sharing	O
files	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HFS	O
(	O
HTTP	B-Application
File	I-Application
Server	I-Application
)	O
is	O
file	O
sharing	O
software	O
which	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
send	O
and	O
receive	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HFS	O
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
which	O
uses	O
web	O
technology	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
compatible	O
with	O
today	O
's	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
it	O
is	O
actually	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
your	O
friends	O
can	O
download	O
files	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
downloading	O
from	O
a	O
website	O
using	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
or	O
Firefox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
are	O
used	O
to	O
publish	O
a	O
website	O
,	O
but	O
HFS	O
is	O
not	O
designed	O
to	O
do	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HFS	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
typical	O
web-server	B-Application
,	O
however	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
easy	O
to	O
support	O
and	O
requires	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
unconventional	O
programming	O
methods	O
(	O
version	O
2.3	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
PHP	O
or	O
CGI	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
Stunnel	B-Protocol
to	O
provide	O
https	B-Protocol
(	O
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
