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Book Resources- Apache: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition, by Laurie and Laurie (O'Reilly & Associates), is an excellent guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining an Apache Web server. For security issues, see Chapter 5: Authentication and Chapter 13: Security.
- Apache Server Unleashed, by Bowen and Coar (SAMS), is also an excellent guide to administering Apache. From a security perspective, see Part IV: Setting Up Security and Auditing.
- Apache Administrator's Handbook by Bowen, Ridruejo, and Liska (SAMS), has a comprehensive section on Web server security including general system security issues, securing dynamic content, authentication and access control, configuring SSL, and logging.
Online Resources- To download the latest Apache version, in binary or source code format, go to www.apache.org/dist/httpd. The Apache site also has extensive documentation available for both the 1.3 versions and the 2.0 series. For security tips, see Security Tips for Server Configuration.
- For details on configuring Apache with SSL support, see www.apache-ssl.org.
- IBM has a comprehensive Redbook available on Web server configuration available. It's targeted at the iSeries server line, but the fundamentals discussed cross all platforms.
- ApacheToolBox is a script-based program that allows an administrator to fully configure a Web server with a diverse range of options, components, and modules. The program will even fetch the source code and automatically compile any components it does not find resident on the system. Highly recommended.
- Apache Today is a good source for current news and articles on the Apache Project.
- IBM developerWorks has WebSphere-specific tutorial available by Casey Paxton entitled Getting up to speed with WebSphere on Linux. It discusses installing and configuring WebSphere Application Server, DB2, and Java together on Linux-based system.
- Finally, for a excellent all-round primer on Apache security, see Ken Coar's article Security and Apache: An Essential Primer on LinuxPlanet.
- For details on creating a multi-purpose chroot environment, complete with scripts that copy the appropriate libraries and program files to the chroot tree, check out the Jail Chroot Project.
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