Free Web Hosts with Perl / CGI (CGI-BIN) Access

Prohosting Free Web Hosting You get Perl CGI access, Server Side Includes (SSI), 50MB of web space, the ability to configure the server using the .htaccess file (eg to password protect directories, define your own 404 File Not Found pages, etc). The reliability of this web host appears to depend on which web server your account is set up in. Tripod Free Web Hosting You are given 20MB for your web pages, 1 GB of traffic, Frontpage extensions, FTP access, and CGI-BIN access. CGI scripts on Tripod execute under a rather restrictive environment though, and most free CGI scripts you find on the Internet that deal with email will not work there. You get some choices as to to the advertising that displays on your site. Your URL will be http://members.tripod.com/yourname/, and most sites should be able to use a subdomain of the form http://yourname.tripod.com/ for their site (unless yourname clashes with one of their many reserved names). They also have an online site builder that allows you to design your website from your browser.