Loading docs/manual/glossary.xml +86 −74 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -32,22 +32,22 @@ <section id="definitions"><title>Definitions</title> <dl> <dt><a name="accesscontrol">Access Control</a></dt> <dt><a name="accesscontrol" id="accesscontrol">Access Control</a></dt> <dd>The restriction of access to network realms. In an Apache context usually the restriction of access to certain <em>URLs</em>.<br /> See: <a href="howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control</a> </dd> <dt><a name="algorithm">Algorithm</a></dt> <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="apacheextensiontool">APache eXtension Tool</a> <a name="apxs">(apxs)</a></dt> <dt><a name="apacheextensiontool" id="apacheextensiontool">APache eXtension Tool</a> <a name="apxs" id="apxs">(apxs)</a></dt> <dd>A perl script that aids in compiling <glossary ref="module">module</glossary> sources into Dynamic Shared Objects (<glossary ref="dso">DSO</glossary>s) and helps install them in the Loading @@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ See: <a href="programs/apxs.html">Manual Page: apxs</a> </dd> <dt><a name="authentication">Authentication</a></dt> <dt><a name="authentication" id="authentication">Authentication</a></dt> <dd>The positive identification of a network entity such as a server, a client, or a user.<br /> See: <a href="howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control</a> </dd> <dt><a name="certificate">Certificate</a></dt> <dt><a name="certificate" id="certificate">Certificate</a></dt> <dd>A data record used for authenticating network entities such as a server or a client. A certificate contains X.509 information pieces about its owner (called the subject) and the signing <glossary Loading @@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="certificatsigningrequest">Certificate Signing Request</a> <a name="csr">(CSR)</a></dt> <dt><a name="certificatsigningrequest" id="certificatsigningrequest">Certificate Signing Request</a> <a name="csr" id="csr">(CSR)</a></dt> <dd>An unsigned <glossary ref="certificate">certificate</glossary> for submission to a <glossary ref="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</glossary>, which signs it with the <glossary Loading @@ -85,8 +86,9 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> <a name="ca">(CA)</a></dt> <dt><a name="certificationauthority" id="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> <a name="ca" id="ca">(CA)</a></dt> <dd>A trusted third party whose purpose is to sign certificates for network entities it has authenticated using secure means. Other network entities can check the signature to verify that a CA has authenticated the bearer Loading @@ -94,20 +96,20 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="cipher">Cipher</a></dt> <dt><a name="cipher" id="cipher">Cipher</a></dt> <dd>An algorithm or system for data encryption. Examples are DES, IDEA, RC4, etc.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="ciphertext">Ciphertext</a></dt> <dt><a name="ciphertext" id="ciphertext">Ciphertext</a></dt> <dd>The result after <glossary ref="plaintext">Plaintext</glossary> is passed through a <glossary ref="cipher">Cipher</glossary>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="commongatewayinterface">Common Gateway Interface</a> <a name="cgi">(CGI)</a></dt> <dt><a name="commongatewayinterface" id="commongatewayinterface">Common 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 Loading @@ -116,22 +118,24 @@ See: <a href="howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a> </dd> <dt><a name="configurationdirective">Configuration Directive</a></dt> <dt><a name="configurationdirective" id="configurationdirective">Configuration Directive</a></dt> <dd>See: <glossary ref="directive">Directive</glossary></dd> <dt><a name="configurationfile">Configuration File</a></dt> <dt><a name="configurationfile" id="configurationfile">Configuration File</a></dt> <dd>A text file containing <glossary ref="directive">Directives</glossary> that control the configuration of Apache.<br /> See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> </dd> <dt><a name="connect">CONNECT</a></dt> <dt><a name="connect" id="connect">CONNECT</a></dt> <dd>An HTTP <glossary ref="method">method</glossary> for proxying raw data channels over HTTP. It can be used to encapsulate other protocols, such as the SSL protocol. </dd> <dt><a name="context">Context</a></dt> <dt><a name="context" id="context">Context</a></dt> <dd>An area in the <glossary ref="configurationfile">configuration files</glossary> where certain types of <glossary ref="directive">directives</glossary> are allowed.<br /> Loading @@ -139,7 +143,8 @@ Apache Directives</a> </dd> <dt><a name="digitalsignature">Digital Signature</a></dt> <dt><a name="digitalsignature" id="digitalsignature">Digital Signature</a></dt> <dd>An encrypted text block that validates a certificate or other file. A <glossary ref="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</glossary> creates a signature by generating a hash of the <em>Public Key</em> Loading @@ -150,22 +155,23 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="directive">Directive</a></dt> <dt><a name="directive" id="directive">Directive</a></dt> <dd>A configuration command that controls one or more aspects of Apache's behavior. Directives are placed in the <glossary ref="configurationfile">Configuration File</glossary><br /> See: <a href="mod/directives.html">Directive Index</a> </dd> <dt><a name="dynamicsharedobject">Dynamic Shared Object</a> <a name="dso">(DSO)</a></dt> <dt><a name="dynamicsharedobject" id="dynamicsharedobject">Dynamic Shared Object</a> <a name="dso" id="dso">(DSO)</a></dt> <dd><glossary ref="module">Modules</glossary> compiled separately from the Apache httpd binary that can be loaded on-demand.<br /> See: <a href="dso.html">Dynamic Shared Object Support</a> </dd> <dt><a name="environmentvariable">Environment Variable</a> <a name="env-variable">(env-variable)</a></dt> <dt><a name="environmentvariable" id="environmentvariable">Environment Variable</a> <a name="env-variable" id="env-variable">(env-variable)</a></dt> <dd>Named variables managed by the operating system shell and used to store information and communicate between programs. Apache also contains internal variables that are referred to as environment variables, but are Loading @@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ See: <a href="env.html">Environment Variables in Apache</a> </dd> <dt><a name="export-crippled">Export-Crippled</a></dt> <dt><a name="export-crippled" id="export-crippled">Export-Crippled</a></dt> <dd>Diminished in cryptographic strength (and security) in order to comply with the United States' Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Export-crippled cryptographic software is limited to a small key size, Loading @@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="filter">Filter</a></dt> <dt><a name="filter" id="filter">Filter</a></dt> <dd>A process that is applied to data that is sent or received by the server. Input filters process data sent by the client to the server, while output filters process documents on the server before they are sent Loading @@ -193,15 +199,16 @@ See: <a href="filter.html">Filters</a> </dd> <dt><a name="fully-qualifieddomain-name">Fully-Qualified Domain-Name</a> <a name="fqdn">(FQDN)</a></dt> <dt><a name="fully-qualifieddomain-name" id="fully-qualifieddomain-name">Fully-Qualified Domain-Name</a> <a name="fqdn" id="fqdn">(FQDN)</a></dt> <dd>The unique name of a network entity, consisting of a hostname and a domain name that can resolve to an IP address. For example, <code>www</code> is a hostname, <code>example.com</code> is a domain name, and <code>www.example.com</code> is a fully-qualified domain name. </dd> <dt><a name="handler">Handler</a></dt> <dt><a name="handler" id="handler">Handler</a></dt> <dd>An internal Apache representation of the action to be performed when a file is called. Generally, files have implicit handlers, based on the file type. Normally, all files are simply served by the server, but certain Loading @@ -211,19 +218,19 @@ See: <a href="handler.html">Apache's Handler Use</a> </dd> <dt><a name="hash">Hash</a></dt> <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> <dt><a name="header">Header</a></dt> <dt><a name="header" id="header">Header</a></dt> <dd>The part of the <glossary ref="http">HTTP</glossary> request and response that is sent before the actual content, and that contains meta-information describing the content. </dd> <dt><a name=".htaccess">.htaccess</a></dt> <dt><a name=".htaccess" id=".htaccess">.htaccess</a></dt> <dd>A <glossary ref="configurationfile">configuration file</glossary> that is placed inside the web tree and applies configuration <glossary ref="directive">directives</glossary> to the directory where it is Loading @@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> </dd> <dt><a name="httpd.conf">httpd.conf</a></dt> <dt><a name="httpd.conf" id="httpd.conf">httpd.conf</a></dt> <dd>The main Apache <glossary ref="configurationfile">configuration file</glossary>. The default location is <code>/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf</code>, but it may be moved using Loading @@ -240,34 +247,35 @@ See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> </dd> <dt><a name="hypertexttransferprotocol">HyperText Transfer Protocol</a> <a name="http">(HTTP)</a></dt> <dt><a name="hypertexttransferprotocol" id="hypertexttransferprotocol">HyperText Transfer Protocol</a> <a name="http" id="hhtp">(HTTP)</a></dt> <dd>The standard transmission protocol used on the World Wide Web. Apache implements version 1.1 of the protocol, referred to as HTTP/1.1 and defined by <a href="http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a>. </dd> <dt><a name="https">HTTPS</a></dt> <dt><a name="https" id="https">HTTPS</a></dt> <dd>The HyperText Transfer Protocol (Secure), the standard encrypted communication mechanism on the World Wide Web. This is actually just HTTP over <glossary ref="ssl">SSL</glossary>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="method">Method</a></dt> <dt><a name="method" id="method">Method</a></dt> <dd>In the context of <glossary ref="http">HTTP</glossary>, an action to perform on a resource, specified on the request line by the client. Some of the methods available in HTTP are <code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, and <code>PUT</code>. </dd> <dt><a name="messagedigest">Message Digest</a></dt> <dt><a name="messagedigest" id="messagedigest">Message Digest</a></dt> <dd>A hash of a message, which can be used to verify that the contents of the message have not been altered in transit.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="mime-type">MIME-type</a></dt> <dt><a name="mime-type" id="mime-type">MIME-type</a></dt> <dd>A way to describe the kind of document being transmitted. Its name comes from that fact that its format is borrowed from the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It consists of a major type and a minor type, Loading @@ -278,7 +286,7 @@ See: <a href="mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a> </dd> <dt><a name="module">Module</a></dt> <dt><a name="module" id="module">Module</a></dt> <dd>An independent part of a program. Much of Apache's functionality is contained in modules that you can choose to include or exclude. Modules that are compiled into the Apache httpd binary are called <em>static Loading @@ -292,8 +300,8 @@ See: <a href="mod/">Module Index</a> </dd> <dt><a name="modulemagicnumber">Module Magic Number</a> (<a name="mmn">MMN</a>)</dt> <dt><a name="modulemagicnumber" id="modulemagicnumber">Module Magic Number</a> (<a name="mmn" id="mmn">MMN</a>)</dt> <dd>Module Magic Number is a constant defined in the Apache source code that is associated with binary compatibility of modules. It is changed when internal Apache structures, function calls and other significant parts of Loading @@ -303,29 +311,30 @@ version of Apache. </dd> <dt><a name="openssl">OpenSSL</a></dt> <dt><a name="openssl" id="openssl">OpenSSL</a></dt> <dd>The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS<br /> See <a href="http://www.openssl.org/">http://www.openssl.org/</a># </dd> <dt><a name="passphrase">Pass Phrase</a></dt> <dt><a name="passphrase" id="passphrase">Pass Phrase</a></dt> <dd>The word or phrase that protects private key files. It prevents unauthorized users from encrypting them. Usually it's just the secret encryption/decryption key used for <a name="cipher">Ciphers</a>.<br /> encryption/decryption key used for <glossary ref="cipher">Ciphers</glossary>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="plaintext">Plaintext</a></dt> <dt><a name="plaintext" id="plaintext">Plaintext</a></dt> <dd>The unencrypted text.</dd> <dt><a name="privatekey">Private Key</a></dt> <dt><a name="privatekey" id="privatekey">Private Key</a></dt> <dd>The secret key in a <glossary ref="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</glossary> system, used to decrypt incoming messages and sign outgoing ones.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="proxy">Proxy</a></dt> <dt><a name="proxy" id="proxy">Proxy</a></dt> <dd>An intermediate server that sits between the client and the <em>origin server</em>. It accepts requests from clients, transmits those requests on to the origin server, and then returns the response from the origin Loading @@ -335,7 +344,7 @@ See: <a href="mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a> </dd> <dt><a name="publickey">Public Key</a></dt> <dt><a name="publickey" id="publickey">Public Key</a></dt> <dd>The publicly available key in a <glossary ref="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</glossary> system, used to encrypt messages bound for its owner and to decrypt signatures Loading @@ -343,7 +352,8 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</a></dt> <dt><a name="publickeycryptography" id="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</a></dt> <dd>The study and application of asymmetric encryption systems, which use one key for encryption and another for decryption. A corresponding pair of such keys constitutes a key pair. Also called Asymmetric Cryptography. Loading @@ -351,8 +361,8 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="regularexpresion">Regular Expression</a> <a name="regex">(Regex)</a></dt> <dt><a name="regularexpresion" id="regularexpresion">Regular Expression</a> <a name="regex" id="regex">(Regex)</a></dt> <dd>A way of describing a pattern in text - for example, "all the words that begin with the letter A" or "every 10-digit phone number" or even "Every sentence with two commas in it, and no capital letter Q". Regular Loading @@ -364,14 +374,14 @@ href="http://www.pcre.org/">PCRE</a> library. </dd> <dt><a name="reverseproxy">Reverse Proxy</a></dt> <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">Secure Sockets Layer</a> <a name="ssl">(SSL)</a></dt> <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) Loading @@ -379,34 +389,35 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="serversideincludes">Server Side Includes</a> <a name="ssi">(SSI)</a></dt> <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">Session</a></dt> <dt><a name="session" id="session">Session</a></dt> <dd>The context information of a communication in general.</dd> <dt><a name="ssleay">SSLeay</a></dt> <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">Symmetric Cryptography</a></dt> <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">Tarball</a></dt> <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">Transport Layer Security</a> <a name="tls">(TLS)</a></dt> <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 and is nearly identical with SSL version Loading @@ -414,8 +425,8 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="uniformresourcelocator">Uniform Resource Locator</a> <a name="url">(URL)</a></dt> <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>. Loading @@ -424,8 +435,9 @@ <code>http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/glossary.html</code>. </dd> <dt><a name="uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</a> <a name="URI">(URI)</a></dt> <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 Loading @@ -433,7 +445,7 @@ ref="url">URLs</glossary>. </dd> <dt><a name="virtualhosting">Virtual Hosting</a></dt> <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 Loading @@ -441,7 +453,7 @@ See: <a href="vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a> </dd> <dt><a name="x.509">X.509</a></dt> <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> Loading Loading
docs/manual/glossary.xml +86 −74 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -32,22 +32,22 @@ <section id="definitions"><title>Definitions</title> <dl> <dt><a name="accesscontrol">Access Control</a></dt> <dt><a name="accesscontrol" id="accesscontrol">Access Control</a></dt> <dd>The restriction of access to network realms. In an Apache context usually the restriction of access to certain <em>URLs</em>.<br /> See: <a href="howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control</a> </dd> <dt><a name="algorithm">Algorithm</a></dt> <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="apacheextensiontool">APache eXtension Tool</a> <a name="apxs">(apxs)</a></dt> <dt><a name="apacheextensiontool" id="apacheextensiontool">APache eXtension Tool</a> <a name="apxs" id="apxs">(apxs)</a></dt> <dd>A perl script that aids in compiling <glossary ref="module">module</glossary> sources into Dynamic Shared Objects (<glossary ref="dso">DSO</glossary>s) and helps install them in the Loading @@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ See: <a href="programs/apxs.html">Manual Page: apxs</a> </dd> <dt><a name="authentication">Authentication</a></dt> <dt><a name="authentication" id="authentication">Authentication</a></dt> <dd>The positive identification of a network entity such as a server, a client, or a user.<br /> See: <a href="howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control</a> </dd> <dt><a name="certificate">Certificate</a></dt> <dt><a name="certificate" id="certificate">Certificate</a></dt> <dd>A data record used for authenticating network entities such as a server or a client. A certificate contains X.509 information pieces about its owner (called the subject) and the signing <glossary Loading @@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="certificatsigningrequest">Certificate Signing Request</a> <a name="csr">(CSR)</a></dt> <dt><a name="certificatsigningrequest" id="certificatsigningrequest">Certificate Signing Request</a> <a name="csr" id="csr">(CSR)</a></dt> <dd>An unsigned <glossary ref="certificate">certificate</glossary> for submission to a <glossary ref="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</glossary>, which signs it with the <glossary Loading @@ -85,8 +86,9 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> <a name="ca">(CA)</a></dt> <dt><a name="certificationauthority" id="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> <a name="ca" id="ca">(CA)</a></dt> <dd>A trusted third party whose purpose is to sign certificates for network entities it has authenticated using secure means. Other network entities can check the signature to verify that a CA has authenticated the bearer Loading @@ -94,20 +96,20 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="cipher">Cipher</a></dt> <dt><a name="cipher" id="cipher">Cipher</a></dt> <dd>An algorithm or system for data encryption. Examples are DES, IDEA, RC4, etc.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="ciphertext">Ciphertext</a></dt> <dt><a name="ciphertext" id="ciphertext">Ciphertext</a></dt> <dd>The result after <glossary ref="plaintext">Plaintext</glossary> is passed through a <glossary ref="cipher">Cipher</glossary>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="commongatewayinterface">Common Gateway Interface</a> <a name="cgi">(CGI)</a></dt> <dt><a name="commongatewayinterface" id="commongatewayinterface">Common 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 Loading @@ -116,22 +118,24 @@ See: <a href="howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a> </dd> <dt><a name="configurationdirective">Configuration Directive</a></dt> <dt><a name="configurationdirective" id="configurationdirective">Configuration Directive</a></dt> <dd>See: <glossary ref="directive">Directive</glossary></dd> <dt><a name="configurationfile">Configuration File</a></dt> <dt><a name="configurationfile" id="configurationfile">Configuration File</a></dt> <dd>A text file containing <glossary ref="directive">Directives</glossary> that control the configuration of Apache.<br /> See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> </dd> <dt><a name="connect">CONNECT</a></dt> <dt><a name="connect" id="connect">CONNECT</a></dt> <dd>An HTTP <glossary ref="method">method</glossary> for proxying raw data channels over HTTP. It can be used to encapsulate other protocols, such as the SSL protocol. </dd> <dt><a name="context">Context</a></dt> <dt><a name="context" id="context">Context</a></dt> <dd>An area in the <glossary ref="configurationfile">configuration files</glossary> where certain types of <glossary ref="directive">directives</glossary> are allowed.<br /> Loading @@ -139,7 +143,8 @@ Apache Directives</a> </dd> <dt><a name="digitalsignature">Digital Signature</a></dt> <dt><a name="digitalsignature" id="digitalsignature">Digital Signature</a></dt> <dd>An encrypted text block that validates a certificate or other file. A <glossary ref="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</glossary> creates a signature by generating a hash of the <em>Public Key</em> Loading @@ -150,22 +155,23 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="directive">Directive</a></dt> <dt><a name="directive" id="directive">Directive</a></dt> <dd>A configuration command that controls one or more aspects of Apache's behavior. Directives are placed in the <glossary ref="configurationfile">Configuration File</glossary><br /> See: <a href="mod/directives.html">Directive Index</a> </dd> <dt><a name="dynamicsharedobject">Dynamic Shared Object</a> <a name="dso">(DSO)</a></dt> <dt><a name="dynamicsharedobject" id="dynamicsharedobject">Dynamic Shared Object</a> <a name="dso" id="dso">(DSO)</a></dt> <dd><glossary ref="module">Modules</glossary> compiled separately from the Apache httpd binary that can be loaded on-demand.<br /> See: <a href="dso.html">Dynamic Shared Object Support</a> </dd> <dt><a name="environmentvariable">Environment Variable</a> <a name="env-variable">(env-variable)</a></dt> <dt><a name="environmentvariable" id="environmentvariable">Environment Variable</a> <a name="env-variable" id="env-variable">(env-variable)</a></dt> <dd>Named variables managed by the operating system shell and used to store information and communicate between programs. Apache also contains internal variables that are referred to as environment variables, but are Loading @@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ See: <a href="env.html">Environment Variables in Apache</a> </dd> <dt><a name="export-crippled">Export-Crippled</a></dt> <dt><a name="export-crippled" id="export-crippled">Export-Crippled</a></dt> <dd>Diminished in cryptographic strength (and security) in order to comply with the United States' Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Export-crippled cryptographic software is limited to a small key size, Loading @@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="filter">Filter</a></dt> <dt><a name="filter" id="filter">Filter</a></dt> <dd>A process that is applied to data that is sent or received by the server. Input filters process data sent by the client to the server, while output filters process documents on the server before they are sent Loading @@ -193,15 +199,16 @@ See: <a href="filter.html">Filters</a> </dd> <dt><a name="fully-qualifieddomain-name">Fully-Qualified Domain-Name</a> <a name="fqdn">(FQDN)</a></dt> <dt><a name="fully-qualifieddomain-name" id="fully-qualifieddomain-name">Fully-Qualified Domain-Name</a> <a name="fqdn" id="fqdn">(FQDN)</a></dt> <dd>The unique name of a network entity, consisting of a hostname and a domain name that can resolve to an IP address. For example, <code>www</code> is a hostname, <code>example.com</code> is a domain name, and <code>www.example.com</code> is a fully-qualified domain name. </dd> <dt><a name="handler">Handler</a></dt> <dt><a name="handler" id="handler">Handler</a></dt> <dd>An internal Apache representation of the action to be performed when a file is called. Generally, files have implicit handlers, based on the file type. Normally, all files are simply served by the server, but certain Loading @@ -211,19 +218,19 @@ See: <a href="handler.html">Apache's Handler Use</a> </dd> <dt><a name="hash">Hash</a></dt> <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> <dt><a name="header">Header</a></dt> <dt><a name="header" id="header">Header</a></dt> <dd>The part of the <glossary ref="http">HTTP</glossary> request and response that is sent before the actual content, and that contains meta-information describing the content. </dd> <dt><a name=".htaccess">.htaccess</a></dt> <dt><a name=".htaccess" id=".htaccess">.htaccess</a></dt> <dd>A <glossary ref="configurationfile">configuration file</glossary> that is placed inside the web tree and applies configuration <glossary ref="directive">directives</glossary> to the directory where it is Loading @@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> </dd> <dt><a name="httpd.conf">httpd.conf</a></dt> <dt><a name="httpd.conf" id="httpd.conf">httpd.conf</a></dt> <dd>The main Apache <glossary ref="configurationfile">configuration file</glossary>. The default location is <code>/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf</code>, but it may be moved using Loading @@ -240,34 +247,35 @@ See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> </dd> <dt><a name="hypertexttransferprotocol">HyperText Transfer Protocol</a> <a name="http">(HTTP)</a></dt> <dt><a name="hypertexttransferprotocol" id="hypertexttransferprotocol">HyperText Transfer Protocol</a> <a name="http" id="hhtp">(HTTP)</a></dt> <dd>The standard transmission protocol used on the World Wide Web. Apache implements version 1.1 of the protocol, referred to as HTTP/1.1 and defined by <a href="http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a>. </dd> <dt><a name="https">HTTPS</a></dt> <dt><a name="https" id="https">HTTPS</a></dt> <dd>The HyperText Transfer Protocol (Secure), the standard encrypted communication mechanism on the World Wide Web. This is actually just HTTP over <glossary ref="ssl">SSL</glossary>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="method">Method</a></dt> <dt><a name="method" id="method">Method</a></dt> <dd>In the context of <glossary ref="http">HTTP</glossary>, an action to perform on a resource, specified on the request line by the client. Some of the methods available in HTTP are <code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, and <code>PUT</code>. </dd> <dt><a name="messagedigest">Message Digest</a></dt> <dt><a name="messagedigest" id="messagedigest">Message Digest</a></dt> <dd>A hash of a message, which can be used to verify that the contents of the message have not been altered in transit.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="mime-type">MIME-type</a></dt> <dt><a name="mime-type" id="mime-type">MIME-type</a></dt> <dd>A way to describe the kind of document being transmitted. Its name comes from that fact that its format is borrowed from the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It consists of a major type and a minor type, Loading @@ -278,7 +286,7 @@ See: <a href="mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a> </dd> <dt><a name="module">Module</a></dt> <dt><a name="module" id="module">Module</a></dt> <dd>An independent part of a program. Much of Apache's functionality is contained in modules that you can choose to include or exclude. Modules that are compiled into the Apache httpd binary are called <em>static Loading @@ -292,8 +300,8 @@ See: <a href="mod/">Module Index</a> </dd> <dt><a name="modulemagicnumber">Module Magic Number</a> (<a name="mmn">MMN</a>)</dt> <dt><a name="modulemagicnumber" id="modulemagicnumber">Module Magic Number</a> (<a name="mmn" id="mmn">MMN</a>)</dt> <dd>Module Magic Number is a constant defined in the Apache source code that is associated with binary compatibility of modules. It is changed when internal Apache structures, function calls and other significant parts of Loading @@ -303,29 +311,30 @@ version of Apache. </dd> <dt><a name="openssl">OpenSSL</a></dt> <dt><a name="openssl" id="openssl">OpenSSL</a></dt> <dd>The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS<br /> See <a href="http://www.openssl.org/">http://www.openssl.org/</a># </dd> <dt><a name="passphrase">Pass Phrase</a></dt> <dt><a name="passphrase" id="passphrase">Pass Phrase</a></dt> <dd>The word or phrase that protects private key files. It prevents unauthorized users from encrypting them. Usually it's just the secret encryption/decryption key used for <a name="cipher">Ciphers</a>.<br /> encryption/decryption key used for <glossary ref="cipher">Ciphers</glossary>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="plaintext">Plaintext</a></dt> <dt><a name="plaintext" id="plaintext">Plaintext</a></dt> <dd>The unencrypted text.</dd> <dt><a name="privatekey">Private Key</a></dt> <dt><a name="privatekey" id="privatekey">Private Key</a></dt> <dd>The secret key in a <glossary ref="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</glossary> system, used to decrypt incoming messages and sign outgoing ones.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="proxy">Proxy</a></dt> <dt><a name="proxy" id="proxy">Proxy</a></dt> <dd>An intermediate server that sits between the client and the <em>origin server</em>. It accepts requests from clients, transmits those requests on to the origin server, and then returns the response from the origin Loading @@ -335,7 +344,7 @@ See: <a href="mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a> </dd> <dt><a name="publickey">Public Key</a></dt> <dt><a name="publickey" id="publickey">Public Key</a></dt> <dd>The publicly available key in a <glossary ref="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</glossary> system, used to encrypt messages bound for its owner and to decrypt signatures Loading @@ -343,7 +352,8 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</a></dt> <dt><a name="publickeycryptography" id="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</a></dt> <dd>The study and application of asymmetric encryption systems, which use one key for encryption and another for decryption. A corresponding pair of such keys constitutes a key pair. Also called Asymmetric Cryptography. Loading @@ -351,8 +361,8 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="regularexpresion">Regular Expression</a> <a name="regex">(Regex)</a></dt> <dt><a name="regularexpresion" id="regularexpresion">Regular Expression</a> <a name="regex" id="regex">(Regex)</a></dt> <dd>A way of describing a pattern in text - for example, "all the words that begin with the letter A" or "every 10-digit phone number" or even "Every sentence with two commas in it, and no capital letter Q". Regular Loading @@ -364,14 +374,14 @@ href="http://www.pcre.org/">PCRE</a> library. </dd> <dt><a name="reverseproxy">Reverse Proxy</a></dt> <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">Secure Sockets Layer</a> <a name="ssl">(SSL)</a></dt> <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) Loading @@ -379,34 +389,35 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="serversideincludes">Server Side Includes</a> <a name="ssi">(SSI)</a></dt> <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">Session</a></dt> <dt><a name="session" id="session">Session</a></dt> <dd>The context information of a communication in general.</dd> <dt><a name="ssleay">SSLeay</a></dt> <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">Symmetric Cryptography</a></dt> <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">Tarball</a></dt> <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">Transport Layer Security</a> <a name="tls">(TLS)</a></dt> <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 and is nearly identical with SSL version Loading @@ -414,8 +425,8 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> </dd> <dt><a name="uniformresourcelocator">Uniform Resource Locator</a> <a name="url">(URL)</a></dt> <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>. Loading @@ -424,8 +435,9 @@ <code>http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/glossary.html</code>. </dd> <dt><a name="uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</a> <a name="URI">(URI)</a></dt> <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 Loading @@ -433,7 +445,7 @@ ref="url">URLs</glossary>. </dd> <dt><a name="virtualhosting">Virtual Hosting</a></dt> <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 Loading @@ -441,7 +453,7 @@ See: <a href="vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a> </dd> <dt><a name="x.509">X.509</a></dt> <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> Loading