CSE -- a C++ servlet environment for high-performance web applications

Current environments for web application development focus on Java or scripting languages. Developers that want to or have to use C or C++ are left behind with little options. We have developed a C/C++ Servlet Environment (CSE) that provides a high performance servlet engine for C and C++. One of the biggest challenges we have faced while developing this environment was to come up with an architecture that provides high performance while not allowing a single servlet to crash the whole servlet environment, a serious risk with C and C++ application development. In this paper we explain our architecture, the challenges and trade-offs we have faced, and compare the performance of our environment to that of top servlet environments available today

Building fast and secure Web services with OKWS

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-74).OKWS is a Web server specialized for secure and fast delivery of dynamic content. It provides Web developers with a small set of tools powerful enough to build complex Web-based systems. Despite its emphasis on security, OKWS shows performance improvements compared to popular systems: when servicing fully dynamic, non-disk-bound database workloads, OKWS's throughput and responsiveness exceed that of Apache 2, Flash and Haboob. Experience with OKWS in a commercial deployment suggests it can reduce hardware and system management costs, while providing security guarantees absent in current systems. In the end, lessons gleaned from the OKWS project provide insight into how operating systems might better facilitate secure application design.by Maxwell Krohn.S.M