Apache configuration and passed from the shell, CGI scripts and
SSI pages are provided with a set of environment variables
containing meta-information about the request as required by
- the <a href="http://www.w3.org/CGI/">CGI
+ the <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">CGI
specification</a>.</p>
</section>
Gateway Interface</a> <a name="cgi" id="cgi">(CGI)</a></dt>
<dd>A standard definition for an interface between a web server and an
external program that allows the external program to service requests.
- The interface was originally defined by <a
- href="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/overview.html">NCSA</a> but there
- is also an <a href="http://www.w3.org/CGI/">RFC project</a>.<br />
+ There is an <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">Informational
+ RFC</a> which covers the specifics.<br />
See: <a href="howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a>
</dd>
<section id="moreinfo">
<title>For more information</title>
- <p>There are a large number of CGI resources on the web.
- The list from the HTML Writers Guild is a great source of answers
- to your questions. You can find out more at
- <a href="http://www.hwg.org/lists/hwg-servers/"
- >http://www.hwg.org/lists/hwg-servers/</a>.</p>
-
<p>The current CGI specification is available in the
<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">Common Gateway
Interface RFC</a>.</p>
<seealso><directive module="mod_mime">AddHandler</directive></seealso>
<seealso><a href="../suexec.html">Running CGI programs under different
user IDs</a></seealso>
-<seealso><a href="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/">CGI Specification</a></seealso>
+<seealso><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">CGI Specification</a></seealso>
<section id="env"><title>CGI Environment variables</title>
<p>The server will set the CGI environment variables as described
- in the <a href="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/">CGI
- specification</a>, with the following provisions:</p>
+ in the <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">CGI specification</a>,
+ with the following provisions:</p>
<dl>
<dt>PATH_INFO</dt>