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diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index 4a2b9b7..b30b01a 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ on what I want from a web server, which is: <ul> <li> Usability with HTTPS without the need to entangle the code with a given TLS library (which means delegating the TLS layer to a super-server -and not performing the socket work itself) </li> - <li> Support for HTTP 1.1, not only 1.0 </li> +and not performing the socket work itself. This is important: tying your +Web server to a TLS library makes it more difficult to maintain, more +difficult to secure, more difficult to build, and more difficult to +package and distribute. </li> + <li> Support for HTTP 1.1, with persistent connections, and not only 1.0 </li> <li> Support for real CGI, not only NPH </li> </ul> @@ -95,8 +98,10 @@ similar sites that need an <em>intermediary</em> web server. <h3> And why "tipidee"? </h3> <p> - Because <em>h-t-t-p-d</em> is pretty tedious to say out loud. -Only keeping the last three syllables makes it easier. + Because <em>h-t-t-p-d</em> is already pretty tedious to say out loud, and +other web servers have a nasty habit of <em>adding</em> to it; it's much +nicer to make it shorter. And yes, you can take that as an indication of what +is going on with the code, too. </p> <h2> Installation </h2> @@ -118,9 +123,14 @@ information via environment variables. It also defers to tools such as to provide access control and connection fine-tuning. And if you want to run an HTTPS server, you'll need something like <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-networking/s6-tlsserver.html">s6-tlsserver</a> -to manage the TLS transport layer. So, installing -<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-networking/">s6-networking</a> will make -your life easier in many ways. </li> +to manage the TLS transport layer. It <em>will</em> make +your life easier. + <ul> + <li> Also, when built with BearSSL, +<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-networking/s6-tlsserver.html">s6-tlsserver</a> +basically gives you a TLS tunnel <em>for free</em>. Bearly any RAM use. +Don't take my word for it; try it out for yourself. </li> + </ul> </li> </ul> <h3> Licensing </h3> @@ -182,6 +192,12 @@ the previous versions of tipidee and the current one. </li> <li><a href="tipidee.conf.html">The <tt>/etc/tipidee.conf</tt> file format</a></li> </ul> +<h3> Design notes </h3> + +<ul> +<li> <a href="future.html">Features that may appear in future versions of tipidee</a> </li> +</ul> + <h2> Related resources </h2> <ul> |