Tux (Webserver)

The Tux is a kernel -based Web server for Linux, developed by Ingo Molnar and licensed under the GPL. It is named after the Linux mascot Tux. The fact that it runs directly in the kernel, it can deliver static websites very quickly, by sending data directly from memory to the network card. It is also possible to execute CGI programs, which, however, eliminates the speed advantage. In the position directly in the kernel but is also the biggest disadvantage of Tux: Due to a programming error, an attacker would gain complete control over the server.

Tux was not a regular part of the Linux kernel. Some distributions (such as Fedora ) but Tux have in their current kernel packages.