<s>
Hiawatha	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
available	O
for	O
multiple	B-Operating_System
platforms	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiawatha	B-Application
started	O
in	O
January	O
2002	O
as	O
a	O
small	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
suitable	O
for	O
servers	O
with	O
old	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
server	O
was	O
designed	O
with	O
improved	O
security	O
as	O
its	O
focus	O
,	O
Leisink	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
security	O
features	O
in	O
Hiawatha	B-Application
you	O
wo	O
n't	O
find	O
in	O
any	O
other	O
webserver.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
[	O
One	O
thing ]	O
that	O
bothers	O
me	O
:	O
the	O
runtime	O
of	O
a	O
CGI	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CGI	B-Language
process	O
[	O
under	O
other	O
web	O
servers ]	O
can	O
run	O
forever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
single	O
CGI	B-Language
script	I-Language
can	O
DoS	O
a	O
webserver	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
kind	O
of	O
issues	O
inspired	O
me	O
to	O
create	O
Hiawatha	B-Application
,	O
with	O
settings	O
for	O
maximum	O
request	O
sending	O
time	O
,	O
maximum	O
CGI	B-Language
run	O
time	O
,	O
client	O
banning	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
January	O
2009	O
edition	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Magazine	O
included	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
the	O
Hiawatha	B-Application
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
light	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
with	O
good	O
performance	O
and	O
some	O
innovative	O
security	O
functions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiawatha	B-Application
is	O
frequently	O
cited	O
as	O
a	O
lightweight	O
alternative	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
prioritizes	O
easy	O
installation	O
and	O
reduced	O
storage	O
over	O
adding	O
many	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
basic	O
but	O
functional	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSL	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CGI-wrapper	O
for	O
improved	O
security	O
was	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastCGI	O
support	O
for	O
improved	O
CGI	B-Language
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First-time	O
integration	O
to	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Application
Ports	I-Application
system	O
at	O
version	O
5.2	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
ports	B-Application
tree	I-Application
at	O
version	O
5.7	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
URL	B-Protocol
rewriting	I-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSLT	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prevent	O
cross-site	B-Protocol
request	I-Protocol
forgery	I-Protocol
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autoconf	B-Application
replaced	O
with	O
CMake	B-Language
,	O
OpenSSL	B-Language
replaced	O
with	O
PolarSSL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiawatha	B-Application
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
implements	O
all	O
important	O
functions	O
of	O
a	O
modern	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Hiawatha	B-Application
has	O
many	O
security	O
features	O
that	O
no	O
other	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
has	O
,	O
like	O
preventing	O
SQL-injection	B-Language
,	O
cross-site	O
scripting	O
(	O
XSS	O
)	O
,	O
Cross-site	B-Protocol
request	I-Protocol
forgery	I-Protocol
(	O
CSRF	B-Protocol
)	O
prevention	O
,	O
denial-of-service	O
protection	O
,	O
control	O
external	O
image	O
linking	O
,	O
banning	O
of	O
potential	O
hackers	O
and	O
limiting	O
the	O
runtime	O
of	O
CGI	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
worked	O
on	O
RFC3546	B-Protocol
support	O
,	O
but	O
"	O
the	O
OpenSSL	B-Language
documentation	O
[	O
on	O
this	O
subject ]	O
is	O
just	O
extremely	O
poor	O
"	O
so	O
progress	O
was	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
,	O
RFC3546	B-Protocol
support	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
since	O
v8.6	O
version	O
which	O
is	O
developed	O
with	O
PolarSSLv1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
security	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
focus	O
,	O
Hiawatha	B-Application
users	O
also	O
speak	O
highly	O
of	O
its	O
speed	O
and	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
performance	O
test	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
an	O
independent	O
researcher	O
(	O
SaltwaterC	O
)	O
,	O
Hiawatha	B-Application
is	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
ten	O
other	O
servers	O
tested	O
for	O
Drupal	O
static	O
content	O
,	O
while	O
performing	O
comparably	O
to	O
the	O
rest	O
in	O
other	O
metrics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiawatha	B-Application
supports	O
load-balanced	B-Application
FastCGI	O
and	O
had	O
its	O
own	O
PHP-FastCGI	O
utility	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
latter	O
has	O
been	O
deprecated	O
and	O
replaced	O
with	O
the	O
PHP	O
project	O
's	O
FastCGI	O
Process	O
Manager	O
(	O
PHP-FPM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
