Administering and Securing the Apache Server

Ashok Appu, Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade

ISBN:1592000037, Edition: 1, 2002-10-10

Price: $49.99

• Administering and Securing the Apache Server
• Table Of Content
• Back Cover
• Introduction
  • Conventions Used in This Book
• Part I: Introducing the Apache Web Server
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Web Servers
    • Basic Concepts of Networking Software
    • Understanding How Web Servers Work
    • Types of Web Servers Available
    • Role of a Web Server
    • All about the HTTP Protocol
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 2: Introduction to Apache
    • Architecture of Apache
    • TCP/IP and Apache
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 3: Installing Apache
    • Binary Installation versus Source Compilation
    • Installing Apache on Linux
    • Installing Apache on Windows
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 4: Cofiguring Apache Server
    • The Apache Configuration File
    • Directives
    • Layout of the httpd.conf File
    • Examining the Configuration Options
    • Using Apacheconf
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 5: Implementing Access Control in Apache
    • Introducing Access Control
    • Types of Access Control
    • Putting Your Knowledge into Practice
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
• Part II: Implementing Basic Features of Apache
  • Chapter 6: Configuring Virutal Hosts
    • The Virtual Hosts Section in httpd.conf
    • Types of Virtual Hosts
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 7: Dynamic Content with CGI
    • Accepting User Input in HTML Forms
    • Configuring Apache to Use CGI
    • Learning to Script
    • Troubleshooting
    • CGI Environment Variables
    • STDIN and STDOUT
    • CGI Modules and Libraries
    • Improving Performance of CGI Scripts
    • Securing CGI
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 8: Working with Apache Modules
    • Apache Standard Modules
    • Dynamic Shared Objects
    • Application and Language Support Modules
    • Installing Modules
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
• Part III: Advanced Configuration
  • Chapter 9: Improving Apache's Performance
    • Performance-Related Directives
    • Proxying Using Apache
    • Logging in Apache
    • Miscellaneous Tips for Performance Tuning
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 10: Using Server-Side Includes (SSI)
    • Introduction to SSI
    • Tags Used with SSI
    • Using Flow Control Elements in SSI
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 11: Securing Apache
    • Securing Web Server Files
    • Safeguarding URLs
    • Often-Neglected Security Concerns
    • Vulnerabilities in Server Side Includes
    • CGI-Related Security Issues
    • Security for .htaccess Files
    • Disabling Unnecessary Services
    • OS Level Security
    • Network Security
    • Using Security Tools
    • Other Third-Party Tools Used for Security
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 12: URL Mapping
    • Modules Used for URL Mapping
    • The mod_alias Module
    • The mod_rewrite Module
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
  • Chapter 13: Metainformation and Content Negotiation
    • Understanding the Role of Metainformation
    • Using Metainformation
    • Summary
    • Check Your Understanding
• Part IV: Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Best Practices
    • Denial of Service (DoS) Features
    • Running CGI Programs as Other Users
    • Host-Based Security
    • Configuring the Web Service/Application
    • Auditing and Logging
    • Content Management
    • User Identification and Authentication
    • Intrusion Detection
    • Limitation of Information
  • Appendix B: FAQs
  • Appendix C: In the Wings
    • What Apache 2.0 Provides
    • Will Apache 1.3 Modules Work?
• Index
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• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Sidebars