A simple web server written in C++

This is a C++ project where I try to make a web server for the fun of it, plus learn more about system level C++. It is a VERY barebones server so no fancy stuff like multithreading or compression...yet.

⚠️ If you come accross this, please do not use! This server uses HTTP so no encryption is in place! ⚠️

Current Objectives

• Implement other error codes and general error handling

• Implement unit tests

• Implement basic logging

• Implement sessions and cookies

• Implement using a config file / cli arguments

• Implement memory caching for small files

• Implement simple authentication for REST requests

• Try ensure the following security risks are minimized:

  • directory traversal attacks
  • file disclosure
  • input based injection attacks
  • buffer overflows

Interesting Objectives

• Multithreading

• Asynchronous processing

• HTTPS support

• Response compression for large responses