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Prescription: IN610 (IN210)Web Site Administration (Web Master)

Aim of Module To enable students to install, configure and administer a secure web server.

Credits 7

Knowledge Assumed From IN500 (IN100) Internet

Student Learning hours 70

Content Revised 1998

Prescription Expiry Date Nov 2005


Level and Assessment Schedule
TopicsHighest
Skill Level
Suggested
Assessment
Percentage
1 Web Server Installation and Configuration A 40
2 Server Administration and Maintenance A 20
3 Caching HTTP Proxy Server A 40

100

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The Student Will
C1Install and configure a secure web server.
C2Perform routine administration and maintenance on the server.
C3Install and configure a caching http proxy server.

CONTENT

1Web Server Installation and Configuration
> Background to the World Wide Web
- http 1.0; properties of and transfer methods
- Server distributions and their evolution, including CERN, NCSA and APACHE. Relative merits of each.
> Legal Issues
- Legal issues, including copyright, privacy act, libel, fair use
> Browsers and browser set-up
- Different browsers and their evolution and relative merits, including Mosaic, Netscape and Internet Explorer.
- Browser configuration, including helper applications, MIME typing of data streams and plug-ins.
> Installation and configuration
- Installation and configuration of Apache httpd
- Logging and “the common log-file format”
- Error logs and checking
- Personal home page areas and their locations
- Common image areas and other devices to ensure successful caching
- HTTP server Forums
- Mechanisms for information owners to upload files
- Statistics generation and reporting
- Virtual hosts
- Setting up a local site as a search engine.
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2Server Administration and Maintenance
> Server administration including server structure and hierarchies. File & directory ownership issues.
> Server security issues
- CERT bulletins and advisory notices
- Known security issues, particularly concerned with CGI
- Secure transactions/SSL/shttp/certificates
- Setting restrictions to control access:
- by IP number
- by login and password
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3Caching HTTP Proxy Server
> http proxy servers (including caching) and their installation and configuration. Proxy automatic configuration files
> Caching - Harvest project
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