Apache: The Definitive Guide

by Laurie, Ben; Laurie, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781565925281
• ISBN10: 1565925289
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

The freeware Apache web server runs on about half of the world's existing web sites, and it is rapidly increasing in popularity.Apache: The Definitive Guide, written and reviewed by key members of the Apache Group, is the only complete guide on the market today that describes how to obtain, set up, and secure the Apache software.Apache was originally based on code and ideas found in the most popular HTTP server of the time: NCSA httpd 1.3 (early 1995). It has since evolved into a far superior system that can rival (and probably surpass) almost any other Unix-based HTTP server in terms of functionality, efficiency, and speed. The new version now includes support for Win32 systems. This new second edition ofApache: The Definitive Guidefully describes Windows support and all the other Apache 1.3 features. Contents include: The history of the Apache Group Obtaining and compiling the server Configuring and running Apache on Unix and Windows, including such topics as directory structures, virtual hosts, and CGI programming The Apache 1.3 Module API Apache security A complete list of configuration directivesWithApache: The Definitive Guide, web administrators new to Apache can get up to speed more quickly than ever before by working through the tutorial demo. Experienced administrators and CGI programmers, and web administrators moving from Unix to Windows, will find the reference sections indispensable.Apache: The Definitive Guideis the definitive documentation for the world's most popular web server. Includes CD-ROM with Apache manuals and demo sites discussed in the book.

Author Biography

Ben Laurie is the coauthor of Apache: The Definitive Guide, Technical Director of A.L. Digital Ltd. and The Bunker, a director of the Apache Software Foundation, author of Apache-SSL and a core team member of OpenSSL. As well as his obvious involvement with free software, he's also obsessed with security and privacy, particularly on the net. In his copious spare time, he writes stuff, sometimes code, sometimes words.

Coauthor of Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3nd Edition

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Getting Started	p. 1
How Does Apache Work?	p. 3
What to Know About TCP/IP	p. 5
How Does Apache Use TCP/IP?	p. 7
What the Client Does	p. 9
What Happens at the Server End?	p. 11
Which Unix?	p. 12
Which Apache?	p. 13
Making Apache Under Unix	p. 13
Apache Under Windows	p. 23
Apache Under BS2000/OSD and AS/400	p. 25
Our First Web Site	p. 26
What Is a Web Site?	p. 26
Apache's Flags	p. 27
site.toddle	p. 28
Setting Up a Unix Server	p. 29
Setting Up a Win32 Server	p. 39
Toward a Real Web Site	p. 43
More and Better Web Sites: site.simple	p. 43
Butterthlies, Inc., Gets Going	p. 46
Block Directives	p. 49
Other Directives	p. 52
Two Sites and Apache	p. 58
Controlling Virtual Hosts on Unix	p. 58
Controlling Virtual Hosts on Win32	p. 60
Virtual Hosts	p. 61
Two Copies of Apache	p. 65
HTTP Response Headers	p. 68
Options	p. 68
Restarts	p. 71
.htaccess	p. 72
CERN Metafiles	p. 72
Expirations	p. 73
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)	p. 75
Turning the Brochure into a Form	p. 75
Writing and Executing Scripts	p. 79
Script Directives	p. 83
Useful Scripts	p. 85
Debugging Scripts	p. 89
Setting Environment Variables	p. 90
suEXEC on Unix	p. 93
Handlers	p. 100
Actions	p. 101
Authentication	p. 104
Authentication Protocol	p. 104
Authentication Directives	p. 106
Passwords Under Unix	p. 108
Passwords Under Win32	p. 110
New Order Form	p. 110
Order, Allow, and Deny	p. 114
Digest Authentication	p. 118
Anonymous Access	p. 120
Experiments	p. 123
Automatic User Information	p. 124
Using .htaccess Files	p. 126
Overrides	p. 129
MIME, Content and Language Negotiation	p. 132
MIME Types	p. 132
Content Negotiation	p. 134
Language Negotiation	p. 135
Type Maps	p. 137
Browsers and HTTP/1.1	p. 140
Indexing	p. 141
Making Better Indexes in Apache	p. 141
Making Our Own Indexes	p. 149
Imagemaps	p. 152
Redirection	p. 158
Rewrite	p. 162
Speling	p. 169
Proxy Server	p. 170
Proxy Directives	p. 170
Caching	p. 173
Setup	p. 175
Server-Side Includes	p. 179
File Size	p. 182
File Modification Time	p. 183
Includes	p. 183
Execute CGI	p. 183
Echo	p. 185
XBitHack	p. 185
XSSI	p. 185
What's Going On?	p. 186
Status	p. 186
Server Status	p. 187
Server Info	p. 188
Logging the Action	p. 188
Extra Modules	p. 196
Authentication	p. 201
Blocking Access	p. 202
Counters	p. 202
Faster CGI Programs	p. 202
FrontPage from Microsoft	p. 202
Languages and Internationalization	p. 203
Server-Side Scripting	p. 203
Throttling Connections	p. 203
URL Rewriting	p. 203
Miscellaneous	p. 203
MIME Magic	p. 204
DSO	p. 204
Security	p. 205
Internal and External Users	p. 206
Apache's Security Precautions	p. 208
Binary Signatures, Virtual Cash	p. 209
Firewalls	p. 214
Legal Issues	p. 217
Secure Sockets Layer: How to Do It	p. 222
Apache-SSL's Directives	p. 233
Cipher Suites	p. 236
SSL and CGI	p. 238
The Apache API	p. 240
Pools	p. 240
Per-Server Configuration	p. 241
Per-Directory Configuration	p. 242
Per-Request Information	p. 243
Access to Configuration and Request Information	p. 245
Functions	p. 246
Writing Apache Modules	p. 290
Overview	p. 290
Status Codes	p. 292
The Module Structure	p. 293
A Complete Example	p. 316
General Hints	p. 329
Support Organizations	p. 331
The echo Program	p. 333
NCSA and Apache Compatibility	p. 337
SSL Protocol	p. 339
Sample Apache Log	p. 345
Index	p. 355
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