On 19/08/07, Martin Wille <mw8329@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Darren Garvey wrote:
Docs are located at: http://cgi.sf.net
I had a quick glance at the docs. On the "supported protocols" page you list when which of the supported protocols could be used. An important reason - maybe the most important one - to use FCGI or SCGI is missing: privilege separation. With S/FCGI you can run the server process under a different user id, with different rights to access certain resources, even with a different view on the system the software runs on (e.g. chroot), or on a separate machine.
Good point. You reminded me of another advantage not explicitly mentioned: since S/FastCGI daemons connect to the server via tcp sockets, they can be in remote locations. FastCGI offers some security support too. Thanks for that! Darren