Product Description

Setting Up a Web Server was written to help new and prospective web masters choose, configure, use, and understand how web servers work. It details each step required to choose, install, and configure the hardware and software elements, then promote and publish on the web site. It covers Internet and intranet security, communications, and links to other servers in an organization. The book also explains about the main web server software applications, how they differ and which works best in different environments.

Setting Up a Web Server ensures that your server is well-connected. It covers communications and hardware, explaining:
How to choose the best communications links between the server and the internet
How to link your server to your LAN
How TCP/IP works to bind the Internet together
How to configure your server for a particular hardware setup

The publishing techniques covered will help you to create a great web site. You'll also find coverage of advanced HTML page design, database publishing, and programming with Perl, Java, Javascript, and Visual Basic.

Setting Up a Web Server is the complete reference book for anyone who is setting up a web server-it covers all major platforms, software, links and web techniques!

· Discusses main web server software applications
· Covers communications and hardware
· Details servers for e-mail, FTP, Telnet, gopher, finger and the latest push information servers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1161816 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 273 pages

Customer Reviews

A useful reference book.
This is not a HOW-TO, rather a how-to if you get my meaning. I enjoyed this book. Coming from a position of not knowing (but wanting) to set up a web server, I found it very informative. It helped me to decide on what line and PC equipment I would need to go for, or rather it confirmed what I already had in mind. The information is useful without being practical, and a lot of the cloudy issues concerning client-side/server-side were well discussed. In general, the book aims at telling you what you need to do without getting into the specifics. As a HOW-TO is is well short of its title, but if you want a 5000ft flyover over what web servers require it is a very useful guide. I would think the audience level is the beginner level. The book assumes you know what the technical terms are. In fact, if you don't, then you should not be considering looking at hosting you own web server. I enjoyed it, and unlike another authors review, it will find a place on my bookshelf once I've read it.

Not what you might expect
This book is NOT a detailed step-by-step guide on how to set up a web server as it's name or summary might suggest. While it provides a good overview on some of the features that make up a web server, the way the material is presented leaves much to be desired. If you don't already have at least some idea of what each of the topics being presented are about, this book will not help you understand them conceptually. In my opinion, this book is poorly written, incomplete, inconsistent, superficial, biased, and repetitive in style, making it almost painful to read. The summary states that it "is the complete reference book..." Don't believe it. This book will be in the recycle bin before it finds a permanent place on my bookshelf as a reference guide.