Most computers come with their own web server and, if they don’t, it’s easy to install one. Setting it up can take a bit of work, but it’s well worth it in my opinion. In fact, I don’t consider my ...

Every Raspberry Pi owner knows the diminutive device can do nearly anything tech-wise. From replacing your slow PC to improving your hangout space with mood lighting and more, a Raspberry Pi is a wise ...

A Web server exclusively handles HTTP requests, whereas an application server serves business logic to application programs through any number of protocols. Let’s examine each in more detail. A Web ...

You don’t need an expensive Web-hosting service to share pictures of your toddler with a few relatives online or to support a flood of visitors to your custom fly-tying business’s Web site. You can ...

As a server, it accepts requests from client systems. As a client, it passes on these requests to other web servers on behalf of its own clients. It can be thought of as an intermediary system that ...

This alternative to Internet Information Services, which Microsoft uses for its own services, delivers modern dynamic web applications on common server platforms or in containers. Microsoft’s Internet ...

If you were to talk about sixteen bit computing in retrocomputing circles, misty-eyed reminiscences of the ST or Amiga would emerge. Both fine platforms, but oddly the elephant in the 16-bit room has ...

When the security industry thinks about breaches caused by human error, the image of an employee accidentally clicking on a malicious link in a phishing email often comes to mind. But to err is human, ...

How can you lower the risk of a successful attack on your Apache Web server? This excerpt from Maximum Apache Security, a hacker’s guide to protecting your Apache Web server (Sams Publishing), ...