Webtool Foilset Web Servers or HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemons -- HTTPD

This material on World Wide Web Servers was prepared by Wojtek Furmanski for the Spring 1995 Syracuse Course CPS600 on "Technologies for WebWindows". HTTP Protocol is described elsewhere and here we describe the relatively simple daemons (HTTP daemons) which are core of a Web Server. Note key additional functionality is provided by CGI mechanism descibed elsewhere which allows further PERL programs to be used to enhance Server functionality. We describe in great detail the set up of the NCSA HTTP daemon with functionality of the various directories and configuration files. Other servers are also reviewed including the parallel Web server implemented on the nCUBE.

Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu
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