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Linux Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO

Marcus Faure, marcus@faure.de

v1.1, July 1998

This document is about building a multipurpose webserver that will support dynamic web content via the PHP/FI scripting language, secure transmission of data based on Netscape's SSL, secure execution of CGI's and M$ Frontpage Server Extensions

1. Introduction

1.1 Description of the components
1.2 Working configurations
1.3 History

2. Component installation

2.1 Preparations
2.2 Adding PHP
2.3 Adding SSL
2.4 Adding frontpage

3. Putting it all together

3.1 Apache modules to try
3.2 Giving CGI's more security
3.3 Compiling and installing the server daemon
3.4 Adding frontpage support to a web
3.5 Starting the daemon
3.6 Some considerations left
3.7 Known bugs
3.8 The final word

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