publicfile supplies files to the public through HTTP and FTP.

Security features: 
       publicfile chroot()s to the public file area and sheds root privileges. 
       publicfile never attempts to modify the public file area.
       publicfile never runs any other programs.

HTTP features: 
       publicfile supports virtual hosts through the Host field. 
       publicfile supports virtual hosts through absolute URLs. 
       publicfile supports HTTP/1.1 persistent connections. 
       publicfile supports HTTP/1.1 chunked responses. 
       publicfile supports user-controlled content types. 
       publicfile supports exact-prefix If-Modified-Since. 

FTP features: 
       publicfile has built-in LIST and NLST commands.
       publicfile provides EPLF LIST responses.
       publicfile supports restarted transfers. 
       publicfile supports pipelining. 

WWW: http://cr.yp.to/publicfile.html