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[tech] Doppio: Gemini server in Java

📧 Messages: 3
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📅 First Message: 2021-01-03 03:14
📅 Last Message: 2021-01-03 17:57

Bill Havanki <desu (a) deszaras.xyz>

📅 Sent: 2021-01-03 03:14
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Greetings,

I?d like to announce my own take on a Gemini server implementation, which 
I?ve named Doppio.

https://github.com/bhavanki/doppio/

I implemented it in Java as a fun side coding project, but I hope it?s 
useful for others. It supports the usual good stuff:


	static files, including finding index files
	CGI with most meta-variables from RFC 3875, plus a bunch from Apache mod_ssl
	MIME type detection by file name suffix (.gmi or .gemini for text/gemini)
	access logging
	single server configuration file


It mostly passes gemini-diagnostics. :) There?s always more TLS work to do.

The server is licensed with AGPL 3.

Enjoy, and thanks!

Bill Havanki

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Sean Conner <sean (a) conman.org>

📅 Sent: 2021-01-03 03:43
📧 Message 2 of 3

It was thus said that the Great Bill Havanki once stated:
> Greetings,
> 
> I?d like to announce my own take on a Gemini server implementation, which
> I?ve named Doppio.
> 
> https://github.com/bhavanki/doppio/

  Cool!

> I implemented it in Java as a fun side coding project, but I hope it?s
> useful for others. It supports the usual good stuff:
> 
> * static files, including finding index files
> * CGI with most meta-variables from RFC 3875, plus a bunch from Apache
>   mod_ssl

  For CGI support, I set the REQUEST_METHOD to "" (since RFC-3875 madates
it---others have set it to "GET"), and instead of the Apache variables for
TLS, I used:

        TLS_CIPHER
        TLS_VERSION
        TLS_CLIENT_HASH
        TLS_CLIENT_ISSUER
        TLS_CLIENT_SUBJECT
        TLS_CLIENT_NOT_BEFORE
        TLS_CLIENT_NOT_AFTER
        TLS_CLIENT_REMAIN

and I think others that support CGI have done similar.  I like that you used
"Certificate" for AUTH_TYPE (as I have done) and the subject name for
REMOTE_USER (as most others have done).  I also added the following:

	GEMINI_DOCUMENT_ROOT
	GEMINI_SCRIPT_FILENAME
	GEMINI_URL_PATH
	GEMINI_URL

and again, some others support some of the above.  Sadly, the CGI
discussions seem to die out quickly on this list.

  Anyway, nice job.

  -spc

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Bill Havanki <desu (a) deszaras.xyz>

📅 Sent: 2021-01-03 17:57
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Thank you kindly!

I went ahead and switched Doppio over to using the TLS_* meta-variables 
that you listed. It makes sense to prioritize interop among Gemini servers 
than between Gemini and Apache httpd. I did leave support for the mod_ssl 
variables in there, but disabled by default. Maybe they?ll go away completely, some day.

I also tossed in TLS_CLIENT_VERSION, TLS_CLIENT_SERIAL, and TLS_SESSION_ID 
for parity with what I?d already done with the mod_ssl stuff. They seem reasonable.

I?ll take a look at the GEMINI_* meta-variables next. They seem pretty straightforward.

Thanks for the feedback!

Bill

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