LINKS TO USEFUL SITES
Arranged in logical groupings are the sites that we often
reference for useful information when developing software, Web sites, etc.
Feel free to let us know at
BSM Development
if there are sites such as these that you just love. We'd like to hear
about them and add them to our list. Also, let us know if you find any
dead links so that we can correct them.
Security
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cert.org
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CERT Coordination Center
The center of Internet security expertise, located at the
Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. Handles
computer security incidents and vulnerabilities, publishes security
alerts, researches long-term changes in networked systems, and develops
information and training to help improve site security.
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esecurityplanet.com
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eSecurity PLANET
Security news, trends, products and resources. Can sign
up for eSecurity PLANET newsletter (however, prepare to be spammed to a
certain extent, since it is a subsidiary of internet.com which,
"Results-oriented marketers of technology products and services rely on
... to help build their brands, generate leads and make sales").
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schneier.com/blog
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Schneier on Security
A blog covering security and security technology.
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hackinthebox.org
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hack in the box
Hack In The Box is designed to facilitate discussions on
security related topics, create security awareness and to try and provide
a comprehensive database of security knowledge and resources to the public.
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www.ne.anl.gov/.../maxims.html
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Vulnerability Assessment Team
Security Maxims by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, from the Argonne National
Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering Division. "While these security maxims are
not theorems nor absolute truth, they are in our experience essentially valid
80-90% of the time in physical security and nuclear safeguards. They probably
also have considerable applicability to cyber security."
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gnupg.org
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GnuPG
The GNU project's complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard
as defined by RFC4880. GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign your data and
communication, features a versatile key managment system as well as access
modules for all kind of public key directories.
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pgpi.org
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PGP International
International freeware distribution site for PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a
powerful cryptographic product family that enables people to securely
exchange messages and to secure files, disk volumes and network connections
with both privacy and strong authentication.
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knowplace.org/.../NARC
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Netfilter Automatic Rule Configurator
A free firewalling package for Netfilter/Iptables released under the BSD
license that attempts to simplify the setup of a firewall (stateful packet
filter) via the iptables tools.
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Anti Virus
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clamav.net/
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ClamAV
An open source anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail
scanning on mail gateways. It provides a number of utilities including a
flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and
advanced tool for automatic database updates.
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us.norton.com/antivirus
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Norton AntiVirus
Antivirus software with spyware remover, bot protection, browser protection,
Internet worm protection and intrusion prevention, for MicroSoft Operating
Systems.
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pandasecurity.com
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PANDA
SECURITY
Anti-Malware software that detects and eliminates viruses, worms, Trojans,
spyware, keyloggers, rootkits and bots. Instant Messaging protection for
MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and AOL traffic.
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trendmicro.com
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TREND MICRO
Defends computers from the latest spyware, viruses and phishing scams.
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cauce.org
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CAUCE
The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email is an
ad hoc, all volunteer organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a
legislative solution to the problem of UCE (a.k.a. "spam").
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spamhaus.org
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Spamhaus
Where does spam come from? Who are the spammers?
Spamhaus tracks the Internet's Spammers, Spam Gangs and Spam Services,
provides dependable realtime anti-spam protection for Internet networks,
and works with Law Enforcement to identify and pursue spammers worldwide.
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spamhaus.org/rokso
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ROKSO
Collates information and evidence on known professional spam operations
that have been terminated by a minimum of 3 Internet Service Providers
for spam offenses.
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spamassassin.apache.org
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SpamAssassin
The Apache SpamAssassin Project. The powerful, number one, open-source
spam filter.
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razor.sourceforge.net
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A distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network. It
establishes a constantly updated catalogue of spam in propagation. This
catalogue is used by clients to filter out known spam.
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dcc-servers.net/dcc
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Distributed Checksum Clearinghouses
An anti-spam content filter that involves millions of users and hundreds
of thousands of client computer systems collecting and counting checksums
related to hundreds of millions of email messages each day. The counts
are used by MTAs to filter spam, their being particularly useful in
identifying spam with minor variations, including "personalizations."
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Linux
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tldp.org
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The Linux Documentation Project
HOWTOs (subject-specific help), Guides (longer, in-depth books),
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and man pages (help on individual
commands).
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centos.org
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CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is an Enterprise-class
Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public
by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. It conforms
fully with the upstream vendor's redistribution policy and aims to be
100% binary compatible. CentOS is free.
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ubuntu.com
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Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is
perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications
you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software,
instant messaging and much more.
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redhat.com
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Pre-packaged Linux operating system. From the desktop to the data center,
the security, stability, and reliability of tested Red Hat enterprise
solutions delivers unbeatable value to medium and large enterprise
businesses.
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novell.com/linux
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SUSE Linux
From Novell. Delivers interoperability and mission-critical support for
your complete computing environment -— desktop to data center, physical
and virtual. The most interoperable Linux. The Linux built for
mission-critical computing.
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rpmfind.net
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RPMs (pre-built packages) for major Linux distributions.
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Freeware
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directory.fsf.org
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Free Software Foundation
Free software directory. GNU and other free software. Searchable
directory tree.
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freshmeat.net
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FRESHMEAT
Maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software,
themes and related "eye-candy", and Palm OS software. Thousands of
applications, which are preferably released under an open source license,
are meticulously cataloged in the freshmeat database, and links to new
applications are added daily.
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sourceforge.net
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SourceForge is the global technology community’s hub for information
exchange and open source software distribution and services.
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File Systems/Databases
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samba.org/samba
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samba
Opening Windows to a Wider World. An Open Source/Free Software suite that
provides seamless file and print services to all manner of SMB/CIFS clients,
including the numerous versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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mysql.com
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The world's most popular open source database. SQL database server.
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oracle.com/.../berkeley-db/...
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Oracle Berkeley DB is the industry-leading open source, embeddable database
engine that provides developers with fast, reliable, local persistence with
zero administration. Oracle Berkeley DB is a library that links directly
into your application. Your application makes simple function calls, rather
than sending messages to a remote server, eliminating the performance
penalty of client-server architectures.
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oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool
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RRDTool
RRDtool is the OpenSource industry standard, high performance data logging
and graphing system for time series data. Use it to write custom
monitoring shell scripts or create whole applications using its Perl,
Python, Ruby, LUA or TCL bindings. An interface from PHP is also
available.
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Printing
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cups.org
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Common UNIX Printing System
CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by
Easy Software Products (now Apple Inc.) for Mac OS X and UNIX-like
operating systems.
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Software Vendors
Hardware Vendors
Hardware
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wimsbios.com
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Wim's BIOS Page
Answers BIOS questions, provides BIOS upgrades and flash programs, lists
manufacturers. BIOS questions? Start here.
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elfqrin.com/docs/biospw
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How to Bypass BIOS Passwords.
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esupport.com
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eSupport.com, Inc.
BIOS Upgrades.
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bootdisk.com
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Boot disks, drivers, network drivers, Windows how to guides.
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wireshark.org
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WIRESHARK
The world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It is the de facto (and
often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.
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allpinouts.org
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AllPinouts
Collects information about hardware interfaces of modern and obsolete
hardware, including pinouts of ports, expansion slots, and other
connectors of computers and different digital devices (i.e. Cellular
Phones, GPS, PDA, Game Consoles, etc.).
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Routing Equipment
Asterisk
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digium.com
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digium
Asterisk open source telephone switch software for the tech-savvy, hands-on
community. Analog, digital and hybrid telephony cards.
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openvox.cn
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Open source telephony hardware for the small and medium business, and open
source market that lowers communication costs, increases system flexibility
and enhances productivity in building PBX, Call Center and IVR applications.
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Modems
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usrobotics.com
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Manufacturers of modems, cable and DSL modems and network devices.
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zoomtel.com
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zoom
Manufacturers of modems, cable and DSL modems and network devices. Where
Hayes ended up.
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Finding an ISP
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broadbandreports.com
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Find broadband service or an ISP. Broadband news. Reviews of broadband
service providers. Speed tests.
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theispguide.com
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An ISP directory that enables users to search for local and national ISPs,
as well as comparison shop ISP plan rates to find the most suitable one
for budget and need.
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Internet
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ietf.org/rfc
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I E T F
Internet Engineering Task Force RFC directory.
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iana.com
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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Dedicated to
preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for
the public good.
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icann.org
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I C A N N
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The
technical coordination body for the Internet.
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Network Time
Perl
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cpan.org
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CPAN
All things Perl: documentation; module downloads; scripts; binary ports;
source.
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activestate.com
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ASPN
ActiveState ActivePerl for Windows.
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uwinnipeg.ca/cpan/BerkeleyDB
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University of Winnipeg
Documentation for the Perl extensions for Berkeley DB version 2, 3 or 4.
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Sendmail
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sendmail.org
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sendmail.org
Web site maintained by the Sendmail Consortium as a
resource for the freeware version of sendmail.
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milter.org
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milter
Helping you mangle your mail at will. The world's most complete resource
for open source and commercial Milters.
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milter.org/developers/api
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milter
API Documentation. Library control, data access and message
modification functions.
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fetchmail.berlios.de
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Software to fetch mail from a POP or other mail server and remail it on
a local machine via sendmail. Polled mail fetching for dialup or secure
installations.
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dovecot.org
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An open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written
with security primarily in mind. It is an excellent choice for both small
and large installations. It's fast, simple to set up, requires no special
administration and it uses very little memory.
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Domain Name Registration
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internic.net
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InterNIC
Provides public information regarding Internet domain
name registration services.
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networksolutions.com
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Network Solutions
The original domain name registrar. Has a good whois. Prices are reduced
substantially from what they used to was.
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Cheap-DomainRegistration.com
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CHEAP-DOMAIN REGISTRATION
The cheapest prices. $9.17 domain registration. Free parking, free URL
forwarding, free domain name generator software and more.
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GoDaddy.com
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Cheap domain registrations and SSL certificates. Plus, Danica Patrick is
the pitchwoman. How can you go wrong?
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Dynamic DNS
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dyndns.com/.../dyndns
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A no-nonsense Dynamic DNS provider whose goal is to
provide a technical user base with a reliable and simple service. The are
the oldest commercial provider of Dynamic DNS on the internet today.
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easydns.com
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easyDNS
Map domain names to servers connected via DSL, cable
modem or any other service that does not provide you with a static IP
address.
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no-ip.com
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Free dynamic DNS solution. Dynamic DNS update client
tracks changing IP. Have a site with a long URL? Use a short host name
to redirect to an existing site.
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tzo.com
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The Tzolkin Corporation is a global dynamic DNS innovator
providing reliable DNS and related services to the online community
worldwide. Built-in to several LinkSys routers. They have excellent
telephone support.
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Web Server Software
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apache.org
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The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop
and maintain an open-source HTTP server for various modern desktop and
server operating systems, such as UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this
project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server which
provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.
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php.net
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially
suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
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htdig.org
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ht://Dig
A complete world wide Web indexing and searching system for a domain or
intranet. It is meant to cover the search needs for a single company,
campus, or even a particular sub section of a web site.
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Web Reference
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developer.mozilla.org
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Mozilla Developer Center documentation includes a variety of references to
guide and assist development of Web-based software.
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w3.org/Protocols/HTTP
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W3C
HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web since 1990 and
its use has increased steadily over the years, mainly because it has
proven useful as a generic middleware protocol.
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validator.w3.org
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W3C
Markup Validation Service, a free service that checks
documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and
other standards.
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MIME Types Reference
Technical support for AMD processors and Radeon graphics processors.
Technical support for Intel consumer products.
Technical support for NVIDIA graphics processors.