Internet Server Type Directory -- ServerWatch

February 09, 2010

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At its core, a Web server sends static content to a Web browser by loading a file from a disk and sending it across the network to a user's Web browser. The browser and server communicate with each other using HTTP to mediate the exchange.

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News

Apache SpamAssassin Version 3.3.0 Released

News Article Published January 27, 2010

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced the first major code release from the Apache SpamAssassin Project since May 2007.

Microsoft Finds No Hole in IIS 6

News Article Published December 31, 2009

After testing claims that IIS 6 is vulnerable to a zero-day attack, Microsoft declared the wild goose chase off.

Semicolon Bug Reveals IIS Vulnerability

News Article Published December 28, 2009

A zero-day vulnerability in IIS revealed on Christmas day allows attackers to bypass file extension protections using a semicolon after an executable extension.

Apache Gets Traffic Server From Yahoo

News Article Published November 13, 2009

Yahoo! has donated its Traffic Server software to the Apache Software Foundation as open source. Traffic Server is a high performance HTTP/1.1 caching proxy server Yahoo has used internally since acquiring its original developers, Inktomi, in 2002.

Happy 10th Birthday, Apache Software Foundation

News Article Published November 5, 2009

It's a shiny new decade for the organization behind the popular open source Web server. In 10 years the non-profit foundation has grown from its initial project, HTTP Web Server, to more than 60 projects.

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