Apache: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Preface
   1. Who Wrote Apache, and Why?
   2. The Demonstration CD-ROM
   3. Conventions Used in This Book
   4. Organization of This Book
   5. Acknowledgments
3. Getting Started
   1. How Does Apache Work?
   2. What to Know About TCP/IP
   3. How Does Apache Use TCP/IP?
   4. What the Client Does
   5. What Happens at the Server End?
   6. Which Unix?
   7. Which Apache?
   8. Making Apache Under Unix
   9. Apache Under Windows
   10. Apache Under BS2000/OSD and AS/400
4. Our First Web Site
   1. What Is a Web Site?
   2. Apache's Flags
   3. site.toddle
   4. Setting Up a Unix Server
   5. Setting Up a Win32 Server
5. Toward a Real Web Site
   1. More and Better Web Sites: site.simple
   2. Butterthlies, Inc., Gets Going
   3. Block Directives
   4. Other Directives
   5. Two Sites and Apache
   6. Controlling Virtual Hosts on Unix
   7. Controlling Virtual Hosts on Win32
   8. Virtual Hosts
   9. Two Copies of Apache
   10. HTTP Response Headers
   11. Options
   12. Restarts
   13. .htaccess
   14. CERN Metafiles
   15. Expirations
6. Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
   1. Turning the Brochure into a Form
   2. Writing and Executing Scripts
   3. Script Directives
   4. Useful Scripts
   5. Debugging Scripts
   6. Setting Environment Variables
   7. suEXEC on Unix
   8. Handlers
   9. Actions
7. Authentication
   1. Authentication Protocol
   2. Authentication Directives
   3. Passwords Under Unix
   4. Passwords Under Win32
   5. New Order Form
   6. Order, Allow, and Deny
   7. Digest Authentication
   8. Anonymous Access
   9. Experiments
   10. Automatic User Information
   11. Using .htaccess Files
   12. Overrides
8. MIME, Content and Language Negotiation
   1. MIME Types
   2. Content Negotiation
   3. Language Negotiation
   4. Type Maps
   5. Browsers and HTTP/1.1
9. Indexing
   1. Making Better Indexes in Apache
   2. Making Our Own Indexes
   3. Imagemaps
10. Redirection
    1. ScriptAlias
    2. ScriptAliasMatch
    3. Alias
    4. AliasMatch
    5. UserDir
    6. Redirect
    7. RedirectMatch
    8. Rewrite
    9. Speling
11. Proxy Server
    1. Proxy Directives
    2. Caching
    3. Setup
12. Server-Side Includes
    1. File Size
    2. File Modification Time
    3. Includes
    4. Execute CGI
    5. Echo
    6. XBitHack
    7. XSSI
13. What's Going On?
    1. AddModuleInfo
    2. Status
    3. Server Status
    4. Server Info
    5. Logging the Action
14. Extra Modules
    1. Authentication
    2. Blocking Access
    3. Counters
    4. Faster CGI Programs
    5. FrontPage from Microsoft
    6. Languages and Internationalization
    7. Server-Side Scripting
    8. Throttling Connections
    9. URL Rewriting
    10. Miscellaneous
    11. MIME Magic
    12. DSO
15. Security
    1. Internal and External Users
    2. Apache's Security Precautions
    3. Binary Signatures, Virtual Cash
    4. Firewalls
    5. Legal Issues
    6. Secure Sockets Layer: How to Do It
    7. Apache-SSL's Directives
    8. Cipher Suites
    9. SSL and CGI
16. The Apache API
    1. Pools
    2. Per-Server Configuration
    3. Per-Directory Configuration
    4. Per-Request Information
    5. Access to Configuration and Request Information
    6. Functions
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17. Writing Apache Modules
    1. Overview
    2. Status Codes
    3. The Module Structure
    4. A Complete Example
    5. General Hints
18. Support Organizations
19. The echo Program
20. NCSA and Apache Compatibility
21. SSL Protocol
    1. Handshake Protocol
    2. Protecting Application Data
    3. Final Notes
22. Sample Apache Log
23. Colophon
24. Index