This is the cmput 379 assignment 2 for Fall 2014. An simple webserver implementation. If you are a UofA student using this code, please don't hand it in as your own. Use as a reference only.

Using posix threads to service requests.

Handing in with the following remaining

Need to do:

• Change attributes to start in kernel detached mode.

Fully complete

• Needs Signal handling

• No memory leak testing. There is at least 1 known

• Code could definitely be cleaned up and sepparated into specific files better

• Parsing commandline arguments is kind of fragile.

• Parsing http header is kind of fragile

  • a severly malformed header could cause problems

• SEVERE lack of error handling for things like opening files, requesting memory

  • Lack of error handling in general

• Critical Security Issue: could pass malicious path in http header server would attempt to open it