The Delorie Counter

The Delorie Counter is a semi-standard general purpose access counter, time string generator, and all-around string to gif converter. This particular implementation was created because there werent any access counters out there that worked for ISPs. This counter is designed to work with Apaches new "Handler" mechanism, although it can be used by ISPs with less functional servers as well. The Delorie Counter operates in two modes: Access counter where using a user-editable configuration file, gifs of access counts are generated according to the users specifications, and String display where any string composed of characters in the chosen character map can be combined with a border to make a gif. The user can configure the following options: A character set to map each character to, An optional border to add to the image, A client host that can reset the counters, A set of hosts to ignore, and A format to print the count as.