Unix Servers
- NCSA httpd
- NCSA has released a server, known as the NCSA httpd;
it is available at the URL
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Web/httpd .
- EIT httpd
- EIT has created the Webmaster's Starter Kit, which installs
their WWW server on your system via the web through a painless
forms interface. Recommended for those unfamiliar with
server installation. You can learn more about the starter
kit and the EIT httpd at the
starter kit site (URL is
http://wsk.eit.com/wsk/doc/ ).
- CERN httpd
- CERN's server is available for anonymous FTP from info.cern.ch
(URL is
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/Status.html
) and
many other places. Use your local copy of archie to search for
"www" in order to find a nearby site.
- Netscape's Netsite Servers
- Netscape Communications Corporation offers two
server products,
high-end
Netscape Commerce Server (capable of secure transactions) and
the less expensive
Netscape Communications Server. Both products feature a more efficient
replacement for CGI (common gateway interface)
programming and are designed to be more efficient than traditional
free-of-charge servers such as the NCSA and CERN http demons.
- GN Gopher/HTTP server
- The GN server is unique in that it can serve both WWW and
Gopher clients (in their native modes). This is a good server for
those migrating from Gopher to WWW, although it does not have the
server-side-script capabilities of the NCSA and CERN servers.
See the URL http://hopf.math.nwu.edu/.
- Perl server
- There is also a server written in the Perl scripting language,
called Plexus,
for which documentation is available at the URL
http://bsdi.com/server/doc/plexus.html .
- WN Server
- The WN Server,
available at the URL http://hopf.math.nwu.edu/docs/manual.html , is designed
with an emphasis on security and flexibility, and takes a different
approach from the NCSA and CERN servers. It provides text searching
facilities as a standard feature.
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