KF Web Server

KF Web Server is a free to use HTTP server that lets you host as many websites as you want. Accessible through a browser, the program lets administrators easily manage their sites.

It comes loaded with multiple security realms, directory security and hacker protection, in addition to basic options, such as HTTP compression, file cache, MIME settings, custom error messages, permanent links, and data logging.

After a brief and uneventful setup operation, KF Web Server creates an icon in the system tray area and automatically starts running the server. Although this is not mentioned in the installer, it integrates into the Windows autostart sequence, but you can disable this from the system tray.

Once opened in a web browser, the app lets you tinker with administration settings, starting with your name and password.

New websites can be added by indicating their name, document root and directory index. What's more, you can specify the server root, maximum number of clients, CGI timeout and script path, enable directory browsing, or accept path information.

As far as security is concerned, it's possible to set the number of failed log attempts before locking out users along with the number of seconds before they can access the server again, establish the maximum requests and URL size, and forbid less secure file names as a measure against hackers.

The MIME types can be viewed, edited or deleted from a separate area. Moreover, you can add CGI filter mappings, anayze the CGI environment in detail, as well as check out server statistics, such as active connections, total kilobytes received, cache, CGI cache or total connection limit exceeded.

The utility worked smoothly in our tests, without triggering the operating system to hang, crash or display error dialogs. It left a small footprint on system resources, using low CPU and RAM.

In conclusion, KF Web Server delivers a free HTTP server and powerful administration features for hosting multiple websites online.