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‎feeds/all.atom.xml‎

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‎source/content/pages/04-web-servers/0401-web-servers.markdown‎

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# Web servers
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Web servers respond to
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[Hypertext Transfer Protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol) (HTTP)
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requests from clients. A client is usually a browser such as Internet Explorer,
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Firefox, or Chrome, but it can also be a
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requests from clients and send back a response containing a status code and
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often content as well.
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## Why are web servers necessary?
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Web servers are the ying to the web client's yang. The server and client speak
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the standardized language of the World Wide Web. The standardized language
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is why an old Mozilla Netscape browser can still talk to a modern Apache or
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Nginx web server, even if it cannot render all of the CSS and JavaScript
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properly like a modern web browser.
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The basic language of the Web with the request and response cycle from
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client to server then server back to client remains the same as it was when
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the Web was invented by
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[Tim Berners-Lee](http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/) at CERN in 1989.
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Modern browsers and web servers have simply extended the language of the Web
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to incorporate new standards.
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## Client requests
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A client that sends a request to a web server is usually a browser such
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as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, but it can also be a
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* headless browser, commonly use for testing, such as
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[phantomjs](http://phantomjs.org/)
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## Web Server Resources
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## Web server resources
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* [HTTP/1.1 Specification](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html)
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* [How to set up a safe and secure Web server](http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/11/how-to-set-up-a-safe-and-secure-web-server/)
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* [Apache and mod\_wsgi on Ubuntu 10.04](http://library.linode.com/web-servers/apache/mod-wsgi/ubuntu-10.04-lucid)

‎web-servers.html‎

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<h1>Web servers</h1>
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<p>Web servers respond to
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol">Hypertext Transfer Protocol</a> (HTTP)
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requests from clients. A client is usually a browser such as Internet Explorer,
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Firefox, or Chrome, but it can also be a</p>
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requests from clients and send back a response containing a status code and
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often content as well.</p>
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<h2>Why are web servers necessary?</h2>
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<p>Web servers are the ying to the web client's yang. The server and client speak
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the standardized language of the World Wide Web. The standardized language
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is why an old Mozilla Netscape browser can still talk to a modern Apache or
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Nginx web server, even if it cannot render all of the CSS and JavaScript
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properly like a modern web browser. </p>
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<p>The basic language of the Web with the request and response cycle from
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client to server then server back to client remains the same as it was when
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the Web was invented by
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/">Tim Berners-Lee</a> at CERN in 1989.
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Modern browsers and web servers have simply extended the language of the Web
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to incorporate new standards.</p>
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<h2>Client requests</h2>
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<p>A client that sends a request to a web server is usually a browser such
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as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, but it can also be a</p>
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<ul>
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<a href="http://phantomjs.org/">phantomjs</a></li>
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large amount of bandwidth which is why using a Content Delivery Network
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(CDN) is important when possible (see the content delivery network
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<h2>Web Server Resources</h2>
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<h2>Web server resources</h2>
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<ul>
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<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html">HTTP/1.1 Specification</a></p>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/11/how-to-set-up-a-safe-and-secure-web-server/">How to set up a safe and secure Web server</a></p>
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