| These are pointers to various web-based resources, grouped by web server platform. 7.7.1. Apache Resources
- The Apache Web Server
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The main web site is http://httpd.apache.org/, which includes full documentation on installing, configuring, and operating. Apache: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition, by Ben and Peter Laurie (O'Reilly), 2002.
- mod_perl
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This module is also managed by The Apache Group. http://perl.apache.org/.
7.7.2. thttpd Resources
- The thttpd Web Server
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This is the original free version of thttpd. http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/.
- The Premium thttpd Web Server
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This version of thttpd is maintained and sold by Sascha Schumann. It claims to include a variety of performance enhancements, and to support the FastCGI API. http://schumann.cx/premium-thttpd/.
7.7.3. General Resources
- cgiwrap
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The software that runs setuid to allow CGI programs to run as normal users. http://cgiwrap.sourceforge.net/.
- FastCGI
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This software creates an API that is language independent and allows faster execution of CGI programs. It can work with either Apache or Premium thttpd. http://www.fastcgi.com/.
- PHP
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The main web site is http://www.php.net/. Also, see Programming PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf and Kevin Tatroe (O'Reilly), 2002.
- SSL
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Network Security with OpenSSL, John Viega, Matt Messier, and Pravir Chandra (O'Reilly), 2002. SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems, Eric Rescorla (Addison Wesley), 2000. Apache: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition, Ben Laurie and Peter Laurie (O'Reilly), 2002. The Apache guide focuses more on the web server than SSL, but it has several chapters of good information that is especially relevant for web service.
7.7.4. Selected Web-Related RFCs RFC 1341: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions): Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies RFC 1945: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP/1.0 RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP/1.1 RFC 2518: HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring, WEBDAV RFC 2246: The TLS Protocol Version 1.0
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