When I looked at the release notes sent out by email, I saw this under "New functionality": "httpd(8) can now serve files larger than 2GB in size." I'm very surprised by this.
apache has been able to do that since 2.2. Of course, a web page larger than 2 gigs is a bug not a feature...
Large File Support
httpd is now built with support for files larger than 2GB on modern 32-bit Unix systems. Support for handling >2GB request bodies has also been added.
apache has been able to do that since 2.2. Of course, a web page larger than 2 gigs is a bug not a feature...
You *are* aware that HTTP is used to transfer more than just HTML, right?
Like he said, it's a bug not a feature. Torrent and FTP are much more efficient, especially when handling interrupted transfers. HTTP doesn't. Unreliable networks can make a net-based installation process drag on and on or even freeze.
The web server can finally serve large files (Score:3, Interesting)
When I looked at the release notes sent out by email, I saw this under "New functionality":
"httpd(8) can now serve files larger than 2GB in size."
I'm very surprised by this.
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When I looked at the release notes sent out by email, I saw this under "New functionality":
"httpd(8) can now serve files larger than 2GB in size."
I'm very surprised by this.
apache has been able to do that since 2.2. Of course, a web page larger than 2 gigs is a bug not a feature...
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html [apache.org]
Large File Support
httpd is now built with support for files larger than 2GB on modern 32-bit Unix systems. Support for handling >2GB request bodies has also been added.
Re: (Score:2)
apache has been able to do that since 2.2. Of course, a web page larger than 2 gigs is a bug not a feature...
You *are* aware that HTTP is used to transfer more than just HTML, right?
Re: (Score:2)
apache has been able to do that since 2.2. Of course, a web page larger than 2 gigs is a bug not a feature...
You *are* aware that HTTP is used to transfer more than just HTML, right?
Like he said, it's a bug not a feature. Torrent and FTP are much more efficient, especially when handling interrupted transfers. HTTP doesn't. Unreliable networks can make a net-based installation process drag on and on or even freeze.
Re:The web server can finally serve large files (Score:2)
HTTP has handled partial transfers since version 1.1. ... does OpenBSD not support HTTP 1.1 yet either?