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Apache Cookbook
By Rich Bowen, Ken Coar
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: November 2003
ISBN	: 0-596-00191-6
Pages	: 254

		Copyright
		Preface
			What's in This Book
			Platform Notes
			Other Books
			Other Sources
			How This Book Is Organized
			Conventions Used in This Book
			We'd Like to Hear from You
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Installation
			Recipe 1.1.  Installing from Red Hat Linux's Packages
			Recipe 1.2.  Installing Apache on Windows
			Recipe 1.3.  Downloading the Apache Sources
			Recipe 1.4.  Building Apache from the Sources
			Recipe 1.5.  Installing with ApacheToolbox
			Recipe 1.6.  Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Apache
			Recipe 1.7.  Uninstalling Apache
		Chapter 2.  Adding Common Modules
			Recipe 2.1.  Installing a Generic Third-Party Module
			Recipe 2.2.  Installing mod_dav on a Unixish System
			Recipe 2.3.  Installing mod_dav on Windows
			Recipe 2.4.  Installing mod_perl on a Unixish System
			Recipe 2.5.  Installing mod_php on a Unixish System
			Recipe 2.6.  Installing mod_php on Windows
			Recipe 2.7.  Installing the mod_snake Python Module
			Recipe 2.8.  Installing mod_ssl
		Chapter 3.  Logging
			Recipe 3.1.  Getting More Details in Your Log Entries
			Recipe 3.2.  Getting More Detailed Errors
			Recipe 3.3.  Logging POST Contents
			Recipe 3.4.  Logging a Proxied Client's IP Address
			Recipe 3.5.  Logging Client MAC Addresses
			Recipe 3.6.  Logging Cookies
			Recipe 3.7.  Not Logging Image Requests from Local Pages
			Recipe 3.8.  Logging Requests by Day or Hour
			Recipe 3.9.  Rotating Logs on the First of the Month
			Recipe 3.10.  Logging Hostnames Instead of IP Addresses
			Recipe 3.11.  Maintaining Separate Logs for Each Virtual Host
			Recipe 3.12.  Logging Proxy Requests
			Recipe 3.13.  Logging Errors for Virtual Hosts to Multiple Files
			Recipe 3.14.  Logging Server IP Addresses
			Recipe 3.15.  Logging the Referring Page
			Recipe 3.16.  Logging the Name of the Browser Software
			Recipe 3.17.  Logging Arbitrary Request Header Fields
			Recipe 3.18.  Logging Arbitrary Response Header Fields
			Recipe 3.19.  Logging Activity to a MySQL Database
			Recipe 3.20.  Logging to syslog
			Recipe 3.21.  Logging User Directories
		Chapter 4.  Virtual Hosts
			Recipe 4.1.  Setting Up Name-Based Virtual Hosts
			Recipe 4.2.  Designating One Name-Based Virtual Host as the Default
			Recipe 4.3.  Setting Up Address-Based Virtual Hosts
			Recipe 4.4.  Creating a Default Address-Based Virtual Host
			Recipe 4.5.  Mixing Address-Based and Name-Based Virtual Hosts
			Recipe 4.6.  Mass Virtual Hosting with mod_vhost_alias
			Recipe 4.7.  Mass Virtual Hosting Using Rewrite Rules
			Recipe 4.8.  SSL and Name-Based Virtual Hosts
			Recipe 4.9.  Logging for Each Virtual Host
			Recipe 4.10.  Splitting Up a LogFile
			Recipe 4.11.  Port-Based Virtual Hosts
			Recipe 4.12.  Displaying the Same Content on Several Addresses
		Chapter 5.  Aliases, Redirecting, and Rewriting
			Recipe 5.1.  Showing Highlighted PHP Source Without Symlinking
			Recipe 5.2.  Mapping a URL to a Directory
			Recipe 5.3.  Creating a New URL for Existing Content
			Recipe 5.4.  Giving Users Their Own URL
			Recipe 5.5.  Aliasing Several URLs with a Single Directive
			Recipe 5.6.  Mapping Several URLs to the Same CGI Directory
			Recipe 5.7.  Creating a CGI Directory for Each User
			Recipe 5.8.  Redirecting to Another Location
			Recipe 5.9.  Redirecting Several URLs to the Same Destination
			Recipe 5.10.  Permitting Case-Insensitive URLs
			Recipe 5.11.  Replacing Text in Requested URLs
			Recipe 5.12.  Rewriting Path Information to CGI Arguments
			Recipe 5.13.  Denying Access to Unreferred Requests
			Recipe 5.14.  Rewriting Based on the Query String
			Recipe 5.15.  Redirecting All or Part of Your Server to SSL
			Recipe 5.16.  Turning Directories into Hostnames
			Recipe 5.17.  Redirecting All Requests to a Single Host
			Recipe 5.18.  Turning Document Names into Arguments
		Chapter 6.  Security
			Recipe 6.1.  Using System Account Information for Web Authentication
			Recipe 6.2.  Setting Up Single-Use Passwords
			Recipe 6.3.  Expiring Passwords
			Recipe 6.4.  Limiting Upload Size
			Recipe 6.5.  Restricting Images from Being Used Off-Site
			Recipe 6.6.  Requiring Both Weak and Strong Authentication
			Recipe 6.7.  Managing .htpasswd Files
			Recipe 6.8.  Making Password Files for Digest Authentication
			Recipe 6.9.  Relaxing Security in a Subdirectory
			Recipe 6.10.  Lifting Restrictions Selectively
			Recipe 6.11.  Authorizing Using File Ownership
			Recipe 6.12.  Storing User Credentials in a MySQL Database
			Recipe 6.13.  Accessing the Authenticated Username
			Recipe 6.14.  Obtaining the Password Used to Authenticate
			Recipe 6.15.  Preventing Brute-Force Password Attacks
			Recipe 6.16.  Using Digest Versus Basic Authentication
			Recipe 6.17.  Accessing Credentials Embedded in URLs
			Recipe 6.18.  Securing WebDAV
			Recipe 6.19.  Enabling WebDAV Without Making Files Writable by the Web User
			Recipe 6.20.  Restricting Proxy Access to Certain URLs
			Recipe 6.21.  Protecting Files with a Wrapper
			Recipe 6.22.  Protecting All Files Except a Subset
			Recipe 6.23.  Protecting Server Files from Malicious Scripts
			Recipe 6.24.  Setting Correct File Permissions
			Recipe 6.25.  Running a Minimal Module Set
			Recipe 6.26.  Restricting Access to Files Outside Your Web Root
			Recipe 6.27.  Limiting Methods by User
			Recipe 6.28.  Restricting Range Requests
		Chapter 7.  SSL
			Recipe 7.1.  Installing SSL
			Recipe 7.2.  Generating SSL Certificates
			Recipe 7.3.  Generating a Trusted CA
			Recipe 7.4.  Serving a Portion of Your Site via SSL
			Recipe 7.5.  Authenticating with Client Certificates
		Chapter 8.  Dynamic Content
			Recipe 8.1.  Enabling a CGI Directory
			Recipe 8.2.  Enabling CGI Scripts in Non-ScriptAliased Directories
			Recipe 8.3.  Using Windows File Extensionsto Launch CGI Programs
			Recipe 8.4.  Using Extensions to Identify CGI Scripts
			Recipe 8.5.  Testing That CGI Is Set Up Correctly
			Recipe 8.6.  Reading Form Parameters
			Recipe 8.7.  Invoking a CGI Program for Certain Content Types
			Recipe 8.8.  Getting SSIs to Work
			Recipe 8.9.  Displaying Last Modified Date
			Recipe 8.10.  Including a Standard Header
			Recipe 8.11.  Including the Output of a CGI Program
			Recipe 8.12.  Running CGI Scripts as a Different User with suexec
			Recipe 8.13.  Installing a mod_perl Handler from CPAN
			Recipe 8.14.  Writing a mod_perl Handler
			Recipe 8.15.  Enabling PHP Script Handling
			Recipe 8.16.  Verifying PHP Installation
		Chapter 9.  Error Handling
			Recipe 9.1.  Handling a Missing Host Field
			Recipe 9.2.  Changing the Response Status for CGI Scripts
			Recipe 9.3.  Customized Error Messages
			Recipe 9.4.  Providing Error Documents in Multiple Languages
			Recipe 9.5.  Redirecting Invalid URLs to Some Other Page
			Recipe 9.6.  Making Internet Explorer Display Your Error Page
			Recipe 9.7.  Notification on Error Conditions
		Chapter 10.  Proxies
			Recipe 10.1.  Securing Your Proxy Server
			Recipe 10.2.  Preventing Your Proxy Server from Being Used as an Open Mail Relay
			Recipe 10.3.  Forwarding Requests to Another Server
			Recipe 10.4.  Blocking Proxied Requests to Certain Places
			Recipe 10.5.  Proxying mod_perl Content to Another Server
			Recipe 10.6.  Configuring a Caching Proxy Server
			Recipe 10.7.  Filtering Proxied Content
			Recipe 10.8.  Requiring Authentication for a Proxied Server
		Chapter 11.  Performance
			Recipe 11.1.  Determining How Much Memory You Need
			Recipe 11.2.  Benchmarking Apache with ab
			Recipe 11.3.  Tuning Keepalive Settings
			Recipe 11.4.  Getting a Snapshot of Your Site's Activity
			Recipe 11.5.  Avoiding DNS Lookups
			Recipe 11.6.  Optimizing Symbolic Links
			Recipe 11.7.  Minimizing the Performance Impact of .htaccess Files
			Recipe 11.8.  Disabling Content Negotiation
			Recipe 11.9.  Optimizing Process Creation
			Recipe 11.10.  Tuning Thread Creation
			Recipe 11.11.  Caching Frequently Viewed Files
			Recipe 11.12.  Sharing Load Between Servers Using mod_proxy
			Recipe 11.13.  Distributing Load Evenly Between Several Servers
			Recipe 11.14.  Caching Directory Listings
			Recipe 11.15.  Speeding Up Perl CGI Programs with mod_perl
		Chapter 12.  Miscellaneous Topics
			Recipe 12.1.  Placing Directives Properly
			Recipe 12.2.  Renaming .htaccess Files
			Recipe 12.3.  Generating Directory/Folder Listings
			Recipe 12.4.  Solving the "Trailing Slash" Problem
			Recipe 12.5.  Setting the Content-Type According to Browser Capability
			Recipe 12.6.  Handling Missing Host: Header Fields
			Recipe 12.7.  Alternate Default Document
			Recipe 12.8.  Setting Up a Default "Favicon"
		Appendix A.  Using Regular Expressions in Apache
			Section A.1.  What Directives Use Regular Expressions?
		Appendix B.  Troubleshooting
			Section B.1.  Troubleshooting Methodology
			Section B.2.  Debugging the Configuration
			Section B.3.  Debugging Premature End of Script Headers
			Section B.4.  Common Problems on Windows
			Section B.5.  Fixing Build-Time Error Messages
			Section B.6.  Getting Server-Side Includes to Work
			Section B.7.  Debugging Rewrites That Result in "Not Found" Errors
			Section B.8.  .htaccess Files Having No Effect
			Section B.9.  Address Already in Use
		Colophon
		Index