Overview of content related to 'database'

Unix: What Is mod_perl?

editor — Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Ian Peacock explains mod_perl technology for supercharging the Apache Server.

mod_perl [1] has to be one of the most useful and powerful of the Apache modules. Beneath the inconspicuous name, this module marries two of the most successful and widely acclaimed products of OSS, the Apache Webserver [2] and Perl [3]. The result is a kind of Web developers Utopia, with Perl providing easy access to, and control of, the formidable Apache API. Powerful applications can be rapidly created and deployed as solutions to anything from an office Intranet to Enterprise level Web requirements.

The Unix Column: 'Sandboxes Using Chroot'

editor — Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Ian Peacock explains how the proliferation of network software brings increasing concerns about security, which can be countered by 'restricted perspectives'.

You've just obtained a new application that will run networked over an Internet. How do you know its secure? How do you know that its code doesn't contain any oversights that may lead to a system compromise? You probably don't, especially if its a large application.

What Is a URI?

editor — Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Ian Peacock explains 'URI' in plain English.