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CA signed certificates don't play well with TOFU, but if the client is properly
validating the certificate, this is perfectly safe.
+## CGI support
+
+Classic CGI is supported via the `allow-cgi` flag in the `directories` directive.
+
+The flag only affects to the specified directory.
+
+The environment variables provided to the CGIs are:
+
+| Variable | Example |
+| --- | --- |
+| REMOTE_ADDR | `127.0.0.1` |
+| SERVER_PORT | `1965` |
+| GEMINI_URL | `gemini://localhost/mycgi/example/path?test=1` |
+| REMOTE_HOST | `127.0.0.1` |
+| SERVER_PROTOCOL | `GEMINI` |
+| SERVER_SOFTWARE | `spacebeans/v1.1.3` |
+| SCRIPT_NAME | `mycgi` |
+| SERVER_NAME | `localhost` |
+| PATH_INFO | `/example/path` |
+| GATEWAY_INTERFACE | `CGI/1.1` |
+| QUERY_STRING | `test=1` |
+
+These are described in [RFC-3875](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3875).
+
+The server expects:
+
+- the CGI must terminate with exit code `0` (success)
+- the response will be in CGI's standard output
+- it **must** be a valid Gemini response
+
+An example of a CGI script written in Python that outputs the environment
+variables could be:
+
+```python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+
+print("20 text/gemini\r\n")
+print('\n'.join([k + "=" + v for k, v in os.environ.items()]))
+```
+
## Development
Requirements: