An analysis of the TUX web server

We report on a high-performance in-kernel web server for Linux known as the Threaded linUX http layer, or TUX, for short. TUX uses aggressive network layer data caching to accelerate static content delivery, and invokes CGI scripts directly from the kernel to accelerate dynamic content generation. We describe the TUX web server architecture, modifications included in the patch, and how they affect kernel operation and web server performance.

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