[seraph787]

completely disagree. Want to create a quick file server to test a design or an html page in a browser? Yes you could use python SimpleHTTP but python is a dependency that not all times we have access too.

[rachelbythebay]

Do you have OpenSSL? I assume you do. Look at the man page for s_server and gape in awe at the -www -WWW and -HTTP options.

The only catch is that you need to rig up a key, it being SSL and all. -nocert probably won't play nicely with your browser.

[zoodlenote]

That's cheating.

http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/certificate/hello.sh.html (source: http://bit.ly/mGCVks)

[alpb]

Simplehttp Does the trick well enough. It exists on all Linux and OSX we use. I think he is implying that these projects won't have an industrial use.