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Server Software Information
These are the technologies that churn
behind hitweb hosting. If you require anything that is not listed here
please contact us, we will try and accommodate anyone with reasonable
requests.
Operating System: Linux
If you find yourself on these pages I'm going to assume you
know what Linux is.
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| Web Daemon: Apache
 Apache
continues to be the most popular web server software in the world.
Surveys by Netcraft found that more Web servers were using Apache
than any other software. Apache, and its derivatives, are run
on over 50% of all web domains on the Internet.
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Secure Web Daemon: Apache / mod_ssl
/ OpenSSL
The Apache / mod_ssl / OpenSSL combination allows SSL (secure
socket layer) transfer of web page data using an open source
system. Used in combination with a secure certificate you can
achieve secure data transfer via the Internet.
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Servlet/JSP container: Apache Jakarta
Tomcat
The Apache Jakarta project servlet and JSP container working
in conjunction with the Apache http daemon enables developers
to utilize the functionality of servlets and JSP with the proven
robustness and speed of Apache's httpd daemon serving the content.
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Scripting Language: Perl
Perl is an interpreted
language optimised for scanning arbitrary
text files, extracting information from those text files, and
printing reports based on that information. It is also widely
used as a web based language for dynamic HTML creation and processing.
We keep a library of commonly used cgi scripts at hand, please
let us know if you require anything
else.
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Database Software: MySQL
Today MySQL is the most popular open source database server
in the world with more than 4 million installations powering
web sites, data warehouses, business applications, logging systems
and more. Customers such as Yahoo! Finance, MP3.com, Motorola,
NASA, Silicon Graphics, and Texas Instruments use the MySQL
server in mission-critical applications.
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