LiteSpeed Web Server also runs completely in user space. LiteSpeed Web Server recovers from crashes instantly. LiteSpeed Web Server can run in a chroot jail. LiteSpeed Web Server is much less vulnerable to HTTP Denial of Service(DoS)Īnd Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks thanks to IP-level throttling,Ĭonnection accounting, and its outstanding performance and scalability. LiteSpeed Web Server can run CGI scripts and Fast CGI applications in a chroot jail or a different user/group ID, minimizing possible damages from vulnerable scripts. Limiting the system resources CGI applications can consume. LiteSpeed Web Server prevents bad CGI scripts from overloading the server by To web clients to ensure maximum reliability and performance. LiteSpeed Web Server shields CGI, Fast CGI and servlet engines from talking directly Block known as well as potentialĪttempts at SQL/script injection XSS attacks.Īccess control rules can be set at server, virtual host, and per-directory (context) Network bandwidth and request rate for a single IP address can be limitedĬomprehensive control of concurrent connections allowed from a single IP address.Īpache mod_security compatible request filtering. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project LiteSpeed Web Server provides the following security features: htaccess in LiteSpeed Web Server will not degrade the server's performance.Ĭompare that to Apache's 40% drop in performance when. htacess filesĪllow you (or your users) to change configurations for any directory under theĭocument root on the fly. Overrides are fully supported by LiteSpeed Web Server.

Unlike other lightweight web servers, Apache-compatible per-directory configuration.

Per-Directory Configuration File Support (.htaccess)

Compatible with popular hosting control panels like cPanel and Plesk.

Virtual host templates make virtual hosting configuration easy.

Supports IP-based and name-based virtual hosting.

Ruby on Rails with suEXEC through Ruby LSAPI module (best-in-class performance, easy deployment, supports dynamic spawning).Proxy (interface with any web server/application server that supports HTTP protocol).JSP/servlets (interface with AJP v1.3 compatible backend servlet engine).PHP with suEXEC through LiteSpeed PHP SAPI (top-of-the-line PHP performance with a mod_php equivalent feature set).LiteSpeed Web Server supports the following dynamic content generation methods: Apache mod_geoip compatible geotargeting support.Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002.Static/dynamic response compression (gzip).Basic authentication (password file and LDAP backend).Its security features also make it much less vulnerable to various attacks. It can handle thousands of concurrent connections with a small memory footprint. LiteSpeed Web Server is an Apache-interchangeable, high performance, secure, easy-to-use web server.

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