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-Kagera Micro HTTP Daemon
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+# Kagera Micro HTTP Daemon
 
 KUHTTP Daemon is a micro HTTP server optimised for size and low and medium
 traffic sites. It is dedicated to serve configuration sites on Linux-based
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   * Security against ".." filename snooping
   * Standard logging
 
-
 KUHTTP Daemon is based on mini_httpd: <http://acme.com/software/mini_httpd/>.