Web Server Technology

by Robert E. McGrath and Nancy J. Yeager

Book Overview

The success of the web depends not only on the creation of stimulating and valuable information, but also on the speed, efficiency and convenient delivery of this information to the Web consumer. This... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155860376X
• ISBN13: 9781558603769
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Clear as it should be

Tired of those IT books that look like help files or manuals dumps? Tired of books based on programs rather than concepts? If your answer is yes, than this book is for you. It is simply the best book about Internet/Web technology ever written, of great importance for anyone thinking of working with the Web. A must read: concepts, explanations, examples, everything as clear as it should be.

Excellent Soup-to-Nuts Reference

I thought this was an excellent book. For a newbie interested in learning the details of web infrastructure components, including SSL, this book is a solid choice. I read it a year ago and I still find it a useful reference.

great book

A great book for understanding what's happening on the web--essentially a must-read for anyone publishing there to any significant extent.

Excellent book for a understanding Web Servers

This book is excellent, if you want to understand the general properties of a Web server. The book explains the basic jobs a Web server can do in simple way so that many people can understand it. The description of the tasks, which will be performed on a Web server, is not too detailed. Excellent is the explanation of the different types, advantages and disadvantages of process concepts which can be used for Web servers. The securtity issues and the chapter about searching on the Internet are also highlights. I recommend this book for everyone who wants an detailed overview on Web servers and related topics.

An excellent overview of behind-the-scenes web activity

This is probably as good as it currently gets in explaining web server structure and activity. It's definitely not for computer-newbies, but an excellent read for experienced surfers and probably a must-read for those who're responsible for overseeing webmasters and designers. It's light on the technical end, but very good at explaining what's really happening when someone clicks a button in his/her browser app. My only strong criticism is that the examples used to illustrate concepts are inconsistant -- I'd choose one scenario and stick with it throughout the book. But even if one simply doesn't read the examples, the explanations of web browsing, server set-up, security, and communications protocols are well worth reading