WEB SERVERS
SITES
BUILDER.COM: Spotlight on Web Servers
Articles and features on web servers from CNET's BUILDER.COM.
DevEdge Online - Server Software
Information on Netscape's line of server products - their Calendar, Collabra, Directory, Enterprise, Messaging, Certificate, Compass, Proxy, and FastTrack
Servers.
The Five-Minute Web Server
Tips for setting up a personal Web server in five minutes flat. From ZDNet's devhead.
IETF WEBDAV Working Group Home Page
Information on WEBDAV, an "IETF Standard for Collaborative Authoring on the Web."
microsoft.com Backstage - Server Performance Optimization on Microsoft's Web Site
A detailed white paper describing how Microsoft has tuned its own web servers (running IIS 4) for maximum performance.
Netcraft Web Server Survey
A survey of Web server software used on the Internet. Results are based on over 3 million responses.
Optimize Your Server: Web Servers
Tips and tricks for optimizing the performance of your web server. From ZDNet.
The Right Server for the Right Job
How to choose a server: hardware specs, setup recommendations, and tips on buying the best box.
ServerWatch
Internet.com resource on servers, with downloads, news, and resources.
Tuning Internet Information Service Performance - Microsoft Internet Services Network
Information from Microsoft on improving web server performance by tuning the IIS thread pool and ASP request queue.
Web Review: Servers
Articles on servers from Web Review magazine.
Web Server Compare
Information on web servers and HTTP specs.
ARTICLES
A Powerful Serve
A look at Zeus - an expensive, but speedy, web server. (4/15/2001 at ZDNet Developer)
A Primer for HTTPR
An explanation of Reliable HTTP (HTTPR), which should provide for reliable transmission of packets between web servers and clients, and facilitate reliable web services. (7/17/2001 at IBM)
Building Your Web Cache Farm
Information about different web caching schemes, including Cisco's Web Cache Communication Protocol - WCCP. (3/10/2000 at Web Review)
Building Your Web Cache Farm (Part 2)
How to determine the capacity, connection, and storage requirements for your web cache farm, and some information on implementation. (3/17/2000 at Web Review)
Configuring Linux and Squid as a Web Proxy
How to install and configure Linux and Squid on a machine to act as a web proxy. (5/30/2001 at SecurityFocus)
Cross-Site-TRACE
Talk about the XST - cross-site-trace - security hole in HTTP, which allows unauthorized scripts to be passed to webservers for execution. (1/24/2003 at Slashdot.org)
Designing a Search Engine
How to build a search engine from scratch, focusing on efficient data storage and retrieval, and parsing search terms. (4/10/2001 at Perl.com)
DevShed Interviews the Developers of Project Midgard
An interview with the creators of Midgard, a PHP/Apache-based system for managing the content of dynamic, database-driven websites. (9/30/1999 at DevShed)
Handling the Loads
A behind-the-scenes account of how Slashdot.org managed to handle a huge spike in traffic in the wake of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, while several other news sites slowed to a crawl. (9/14/2001 at Slashdot.org)
High Performance Web Caching With Squid
Instructions on using Squid, an open-source web caching proxy, to speed up web server performance. (9/11/2000 at DevShed)
How Code Red Revealed the Perils of Port 80
As more embedded devices are given IP addresses and mini-webservers, poorly written software may result in devices being controlled or disabled by malicious hackers using viruses like Code Red or plain old web browsers. (10/1/2001 at ZDNet)
How the Web Was Almost Won
Tim O'Reilly talks about the software war that Microsoft (thankfully) lost: the war for web server market share. (11/16/1999 at Salon.com)
HTTP for HTML Authors, Part I
What happens, technically, when a user tries to access a web page using a web browser? (1/17/2001 at WebReference.com)
HTTP Headers Revealed!
How to get a look at the HTTP headers that a client (browser) is sending to servers, or a server is sending to clients. (9/2/1999 at WebMonkey)
Ingenuity Counts
Rather than rely on a few very expensive, industrial-strength servers for their needs, many businesses are assembling arrays of less-powerful machines, or cutting special deals with vendors, to make sure they can handle increasing web traffic. (9/1/2000 at Internet World in Print)
Load Balancing Web Applications
A comparison of options for load balancing web applications/servers: DNS round robin and hardware load balancing. (9/26/2001 at ONJava.com)
Roxen Challenger - An Introduction
An introduction to Roxen Challenger, an open-source web server which incorporates various application server features. (6/9/1999 at DevShed)
Roxen Challenger Part 2 - Installation and Maintenance
A very basic reference on how to install and maintain the Roxen Challenger web server. (7/6/1999 at DevShed)
Securing Connections to Your Web Site
A look at how to provide secure connections to your website: symmetric and assymetric encryption, SSL, HTTPS. (7/13/2001 at Web Review)
Serve Clients' Specific Protocol Requirements With Brazil, Part 1
Using the Brazil web server to build an application server delivering content to multiple clients using a variety of protocols. (8/11/2000 at Java World)
Serve Clients' Specific Protocol Requirements With Brazil, Part 2
Using XML with the Brazil server technology to exchange data between applications. (10/20/2000 at Java World)
Serve Clients' Specific Protocol Requirements With Brazil, Part 3
Using the Brazil server technology to provide access to information for wireless devices economically - specifically, dealing with PQA, UP.SDK, J2ME, and WML. (1/26/2001 at Java World)
Talking to Databases
Sample code, and an explanation, for building database-enabled applications with Roxen WebServer. (9/20/1999 at DevShed)
Users Cast Wary, but Curious Eye at ASP Concept
At Internet World, the application service provider (ASP) concept - in which third-party providers host services for a company across the Internet - generated a bit of buzz. (10/8/1999 at InfoWorld)
Why Are SSL Certificates So Expensive?
Discussion of why SSL certificates cost so much; cheaper certification authorities than Verisign; and whether you really need an SSL certificate to do https. (3/18/2001 at Slashdot.org)
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