<summary>
<p>This glossary defines some of the common terminology related to Apache in
- particular, and web serving in general. More information on each concept
+ particular, and web serving in general. More information on each concept
is provided in the links.</p>
</summary>
</dd>
<dt><a name="algorithm" id="algorithm">Algorithm</a></dt>
-
<dd>An unambiguous formula or set of rules for solving a problem in a finite
number of steps. Algorithms for encryption are usually called
<dfn>Ciphers</dfn>.
</dd>
<dt><a name="hash" id="hash">Hash</a></dt>
- <dd>A mathematical one-way, irreversable algorithm generating a string with
- fixed-length from another string of any length. Different input strings
- will usually produce different hashes (depending on the hash function).
+ <dd>A mathematical one-way, irreversible algorithm generating a string with
+ fixed-length from another string of any length. Different input strings
+ will usually produce different hashes (depending on the hash function).
</dd>
<dt><a name="header" id="header">Header</a></dt>
such keys constitutes a key pair. Also called Asymmetric Cryptography.
<br />
See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
- </dd>
+ </dd>
<dt><a name="regularexpresion" id="regularexpresion">Regular Expression</a>
<a name="regex" id="regex">(Regex)</a></dt>
be written as "<code>/images/.*(jpg|gif)$</code>". Apache uses Perl
Compatible Regular Expressions provided by the <a
href="http://www.pcre.org/">PCRE</a> library.
- </dd>
+ </dd>
- <dt><a name="reverseproxy" id="reverseproxy">Reverse Proxy</a></dt>
- <dd>A <glossary ref="proxy">proxy</glossary> server that appears to the client
- as if it is an <em>origin server</em>. This is useful to hide the real
- origin server from the client for security reasons, or to load balance.
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="securesocketslayer" id="securesocketslayer">Secure Sockets
- Layer</a> <a name="ssl" id="ssl">(SSL)</a></dt>
- <dd>A protocol created by Netscape Communications Corporation for general
- communication authentication and encryption over TCP/IP networks. The most
- popular usage is <em>HTTPS</em>, i.e. the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- over SSL.<br />
- See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="serversideincludes" id="serversideincludes">Server Side
- Includes</a> <a name="ssi" id="ssi">(SSI)</a></dt>
- <dd>A technique for embedding processing directives inside HTML files.<br />
- See: <a href="howto/ssi.html">Introduction to Server Side Includes</a>
- </dd>
+ <dt><a name="reverseproxy" id="reverseproxy">Reverse Proxy</a></dt>
+ <dd>A <glossary ref="proxy">proxy</glossary> server that appears to the client
+ as if it is an <em>origin server</em>. This is useful to hide the real
+ origin server from the client for security reasons, or to load balance.
+ </dd>
- <dt><a name="session" id="session">Session</a></dt>
- <dd>The context information of a communication in general.</dd>
-
- <dt><a name="ssleay" id="ssleay">SSLeay</a></dt>
- <dd>The original SSL/TLS implementation library developed by Eric A.
- Young
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="symmetriccryptophraphy" id="symmetriccryptophraphy">Symmetric
- Cryptography</a></dt>
- <dd>The study and application of <em>Ciphers</em> that use a single secret key
- for both encryption and decryption operations.<br />
- See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="tarball" id="tarball">Tarball</a></dt>
- <dd>A package of files gathered together using the <code>tar</code> utility.
- Apache distributions are stored in compressed tar archives or using
- pkzip.
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="transportlayersecurity" id="transportlayersecurity">Transport
- Layer Security</a> <a name="tls" id="tls">(TLS)</a></dt>
- <dd>The successor protocol to SSL, created by the Internet Engineering Task
- Force (IETF) for general communication authentication and encryption over
- TCP/IP networks. TLS version 1 is nearly identical with SSL version 3.<br />
- See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="uniformresourcelocator" id="uniformresourcelocator">Uniform
- Resource Locator</a> <a name="url" id="url">(URL)</a></dt>
- <dd>The name/address of a resource on the Internet. This is the common
- informal term for what is formally called a <glossary
- ref="uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</glossary>.
- URLs are usually made up of a scheme, like <code>http</code> or
- <code>https</code>, a hostname, and a path. A URL for this page might
- be <code>http://httpd.apache.org/docs/&httpd.docs;/glossary.html</code>.
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="uniformresourceidentifier"
- id="uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</a>
- <a name="URI" id="URI">(URI)</a></dt>
- <dd>A compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical
- resource. It is formally defined by <a
- href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</a>. URIs used on the
- world-wide web are commonly referred to as <glossary
- ref="url">URLs</glossary>.
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="virtualhosting" id="virtualhosting">Virtual Hosting</a></dt>
- <dd>Serving multiple websites using a single instance of Apache. <em>IP
+ <dt><a name="securesocketslayer" id="securesocketslayer">Secure Sockets
+ Layer</a> <a name="ssl" id="ssl">(SSL)</a></dt>
+ <dd>A protocol created by Netscape Communications Corporation for general
+ communication authentication and encryption over TCP/IP networks. The most
+ popular usage is <em>HTTPS</em>, i.e. the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
+ over SSL.<br />
+ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="serversideincludes" id="serversideincludes">Server Side
+ Includes</a> <a name="ssi" id="ssi">(SSI)</a></dt>
+ <dd>A technique for embedding processing directives inside HTML files.<br />
+ See: <a href="howto/ssi.html">Introduction to Server Side Includes</a>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="session" id="session">Session</a></dt>
+ <dd>The context information of a communication in general.</dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="ssleay" id="ssleay">SSLeay</a></dt>
+ <dd>The original SSL/TLS implementation library developed by Eric A.
+ Young
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="symmetriccryptophraphy" id="symmetriccryptophraphy">Symmetric
+ Cryptography</a></dt>
+ <dd>The study and application of <em>Ciphers</em> that use a single secret key
+ for both encryption and decryption operations.<br />
+ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="tarball" id="tarball">Tarball</a></dt>
+ <dd>A package of files gathered together using the <code>tar</code> utility.
+ Apache distributions are stored in compressed tar archives or using
+ pkzip.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="transportlayersecurity" id="transportlayersecurity">Transport
+ Layer Security</a> <a name="tls" id="tls">(TLS)</a></dt>
+ <dd>The successor protocol to SSL, created by the Internet Engineering Task
+ Force (IETF) for general communication authentication and encryption over
+ TCP/IP networks. TLS version 1 is nearly identical with SSL version 3.<br />
+ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="uniformresourcelocator" id="uniformresourcelocator">Uniform
+ Resource Locator</a> <a name="url" id="url">(URL)</a></dt>
+ <dd>The name/address of a resource on the Internet. This is the common
+ informal term for what is formally called a <glossary
+ ref="uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</glossary>.
+ URLs are usually made up of a scheme, like <code>http</code> or
+ <code>https</code>, a hostname, and a path. A URL for this page might
+ be <code>http://httpd.apache.org/docs/&httpd.docs;/glossary.html</code>.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="uniformresourceidentifier"
+ id="uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</a>
+ <a name="URI" id="URI">(URI)</a></dt>
+ <dd>A compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical
+ resource. It is formally defined by <a
+ href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</a>. URIs used on the
+ world-wide web are commonly referred to as <glossary
+ ref="url">URLs</glossary>.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><a name="virtualhosting" id="virtualhosting">Virtual Hosting</a></dt>
+ <dd>Serving multiple websites using a single instance of Apache. <em>IP
virtual hosting</em> differentiates between websites based on their IP
- address, while <em>name-based virtual hosting</em> uses only the name of the
- host and can therefore host many sites on the same IP address.<br />
- See: <a href="vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a>
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a name="x.509" id="x.509">X.509</a></dt>
- <dd>An authentication certificate scheme recommended by the International
- Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) which is used for SSL/TLS authentication.<br
- /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
- </dd>
-</dl>
+ address, while <em>name-based virtual hosting</em> uses only the name of the
+ host and can therefore host many sites on the same IP address.<br />
+
See: <a href="vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a>
+ </dd>
+
+
<dt><a name="x.509" id="x.509">X.509</a></dt>
+ <dd>An authentication certificate scheme recommended by the International
+ Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) which is used for SSL/TLS authentication.<br
+
/> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
</section>
</manualpage>
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