A Day in the Life of #Apache  In Rich Bowen's latest column based on his conversations on the IRC channel #apache, he attempts to answer a question that comes up at least once a day, but which doesn't have one clear answer: whether to use Apache 1.3 or 2.0. Find out why the answer is not a simple one. Rich is a coauthor of O'Reilly's Apache Cookbook.   [Apache DevCenter]

A Day in the Life of #Apache  File permissions are a major topic of conversation on #apache -- the IRC channel on which Rich Bowen often lends a helping hand. In this latest article in the series based on his #apache conversations, Rich covers the hows and whys to setting up file permissions on Unix machines. Rich is a coauthor of Apache Cookbook.   [Apache DevCenter]

A Day in the Life of #Apache  In this latest installment in the series based on his conversations on the IRC channel #apache, Rich Bowen walks through three error condition scenarios administrators have encountered and shows what to do about them, in order to create a more welcoming, less "Forbidden" web site for end users. Rich is the coauthor of O'Reilly's Apache Cookbook.   [Apache DevCenter]

A Day in the Life of #Apache  In this latest installment in the series based on his conversations on the IRC channel #apache, Rich Bowen takes you on an interesting trip through the history of mod_imap, and why some modules hang around long after they're no longer in use. Rich is a coauthor of O'Reilly's Apache Cookbook.   [Apache DevCenter]

A Day in the Life of #Apache  Rich Bowen tackles yet another common Apache dilemma in the latest installment in this series based on his conversations on the IRC channel, #apache. This week he delves into the sometimes confusing world of modules: when to enable them, when to disable them, and why.   [Apache DevCenter]

Cooking with Apache, Part 3  We've three more samples this week from O'Reilly's Apache Cookbook to tempt you with. Learn how to set up authentication requirements for a proxied server, how to optimize performance of symbolic links, and how to solve the "trailing slash" problem.   [Apache DevCenter]

A Day in the Life of #Apache  In this installment of his new series based on conversations on the IRC channel, #apache, Rich Bowen tackles configuration issues in the sometimes bewildering world of virtual hosts. By the time he's through, Rich will have even the most confused Apache administrator creating a functioning virtual host configuration. Rich is coauthor of the recently released Apache Cookbook.   [Apache DevCenter]

Cooking with Apache, Part 2  At the end of 2003, we published our first batch of recipes from O'Reilly's Apache Cookbook. This week, we've excerpted three more samples. Find out how to make part of your web site available via SSL, how to place a CGI program in a directory that contains non-CGI documents, and how to redirect a 404 ("not found") page to another page (such as the front page of the site) in these latest samplings.   [Apache DevCenter]

Introducing mod_security  Every layer of security you can add is one more deterrent for the bad guys. Writing (or choosing) secure code is important, but it's not the only defense. Ivan Ristic, creator of mod_security, explains how this Apache module can turn back potential attacks before they reach your code.   [Apache DevCenter]

Cooking with Apache  The recently released Apache Cookbook contains over 100 solutions to problems that webmasters, web administrators, programmers, and anyone who works with Apache have come upon at one time or another. This week we've excerpted sample recipes from the book that contain solutions to problems with virtual hosting, highlighting PHP source, and enabling WebDAV.   [Apache DevCenter]

A Day in the Life of #Apache  Rich Bowen, coauthor of Apache Cookbook, spends a lot of time on IRC fielding Apache questions. In this inaugural article to launch a new series based on his conversations on #apache, the IRC channel that runs on the irc.freenode.net network, Rich chronicles a user's troubles getting his .htaccess file working, and he shows what you can do to solve the problem.   [Apache DevCenter]

Features
Enterprise Application Integration using Apache Cocoon 2.1  A case study of using Cocoon to build a web-based travel agency desktop system, integrating several backend systems.   [XML.com]

Single Sign-on for Your Web Applications with Apache and Kerberos  In this article, Jason Garman, author of Kerberos: The Definitive Guide, walks you through the implementation of SPNEGO, which allows for single sign-on of your web applications with Apache and Kerberos. Once you've performed these steps, clients who access the protected area of your Apache web server will transparently pass their domain credentials to your web server, with no separate username or password prompts.   [ONLamp.com]

Simplify Your Life with Apache Virtual Hosts  Not every web site needs its own server or IP address. Apache and HTTP 1.1 both allow different sites to share a single box and a IP address. Russell Dyer explains how virtual hosts can make your life easier as a web developer and a system administrator.   [Apache DevCenter]

Security Alerts
New Apache  Noel Davis looks at a new release of Apache, and problems in fileutils, coreutil, anonftp, Kpopup, CUPS, Libnids, PostgreSQL, thttpd, mod_security, and the Linux Java Installer.   [Linux DevCenter]

Ant and AppleScript  Tools from the AppleScript and Java communities can help each other create new things. For example, programmers can use Ant to help develop AppleScripts, and AppleScript can help produce Java applications. David Miller shows you how to make it all stick together.  [MacDevCenter.com]

Python and Apache  Peter Laurie, coauthor of Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition, tests out Python for the first time in an attempt to cover the interface between Apache, Python, and MySQL. He takes a line-by-line look at an example Python script. Once you have this script working, you can elaborate on it to do other e-commerce jobs.   [Apache DevCenter]

Newbies Find Help in O'Reilly's Latest Apache Book  The latest edition of Apache: The Definitive Guide explains all of the core capabilities of Apache and how to use them. It also includes new, introductory information geared toward webmasters who are just getting started using Apache. Coauthor Peter Laurie explains why this new material was added to the book.   [Apache DevCenter]

Multiuser Subversion  Your source code is too important to be left to chance. Having introduced Subversion, Rafael Garcia-Suarez demonstrates how to use it for multiuser, distributed projects. What can this modern, powerful source-control system do for you?   [Apache DevCenter]

Single-User Subversion  Revision control isn't just for distributed, multi-developer teams. Rafael Garcia-Suarez introduces Subversion and explains how to use it for personal projects.   [Apache DevCenter]

Apache 2.0 Basics
Writing Filters for Apache 2.0  In his third column on Apache 2.0 Basics, Ryan Bloom introduces filters, new in the second version. Filters let one module modify the output of another module, relying on the Apache vision of web pages as chunks of information that can be assembled and reorganized.   [Apache DevCenter]

Industrial-Strength Webcasting with mod_mp3  The Apache module mod_mp3 turns your web server into an MP3 server, comparable to media servers like those from RealNetworks and Apple's QuickTime division. Additional features, like compatibility with RSS 1.0, let you syndicate your audio stream, or subscribe to others' webcasting stations.   [Apache DevCenter]

Apache 2.0 Basics
Installing Apache 2.0  In the first of a series of columns, Apache Group developer Ryan Bloom introduces Apache 2.0 and shows you how to get it up and running.   [Apache DevCenter]

HTTP Wrangler
LAMP Lighter: The Apache Toolbox  An overview of the Apache Toolbox, a Swiss army knife of a script, providing a customizable, menu-driven interface to downloading and compiling a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHPherlthon) -- minus the Linux -- installation.   [Apache DevCenter]

Apache 2.0 Basics
Apache Modules  One of the biggest advantages of Apache over other web servers is how easy it is to write powerful modules. In Apache 2.0, modules can now be included as part of other modules to reuse code. Ryan Bloom explains how to take advantage of this.   [Apache DevCenter]

Apache 2.0 Basics
Writing Input Filters for Apache 2.0  Ryan Bloom illustrates how to write input filters for Apache 2.0   [Apache DevCenter]

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