Web Server

A Web server is a program that accepts requests for information that are made according to HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). The server processes each request, and returns the document that the client requested.

URLs:

HTTP Server Distribution from WebCrawler

WebCrawler collected this data as part of a normal WebCrawler indexing run, based on information from 42,579 HTTP servers. HTTP servers running on Unix based systems accounted for a whopping 83% of the total HTTP servers. This is an interesting site to look at if you are thinking of putting up your own server, but for the latest information, as always, read the Usenet newsgroups.

Performance Benchmark Tests of Unix Web Servers Using APIs and CGIs

This November 1995 report offers an evaluation of Unix servers made using WebStone.

Setting up your own local TCP/IP Network for HTTP

These detailed step by step instructions cover a range of options from a Mac connected by Ethernet to a PC running Linux, the NCSA httpd Web server, Windows NT, and the O'Reilly Web Site server. Simon St.Laurent, the author, stresses the importance of planning.

W3E References:

HTTP

style guide

test Web

Print References:

• HTML Web Publisher's Construction Kit by David Fox & Troy Downing. Waite Group Press, Corte Madera. 1995. (ISBN: 1571690182)

Detail:

If you are interested in putting up a Web server, read one or more of the newsgroups where Web developers exchange information about their successes and failures:

comp.infosystems.www. Servers.mac

Usenet newsgroup - Web servers for the Macintosh platform.

comp.infosystems.www. Servers.misc

Usenet newsgroup - Web servers for other platforms.

comp.infosystems. www.Servers.ms-windows

Usenet newsgroup - Web servers for MS Windows and NT

comp.infosystems. www.Servers.unix

Usenet newsgroup - Web servers for UNIX platforms.