Apache Miscellaneous Documentation

Below is a list of additional documentation pages that apply to the Apache web server development project.

API: Description of Apache's Application Programming Interface.
FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions concerning the Apache project and server.
Reading Client Input in Apache 1.2: Describes differences between Apache 1.1 and 1.2 in how modules read information from the client.
Compatibility with NCSA: Notes about Apache's compatibility with the NCSA server.
How to use XSSI and Negotiation for custom ErrorDocuments: Describes a solution which uses XSSI and negotiation to custom-tailor the Apache ErrorDocuments to taste, adding the advantage of returning internationalized versions of the error messages depending on the client's language preferences.
File Descriptor use in Apache: Describes how Apache uses file descriptors and talks about various limits imposed on the number of descriptors available by various operating systems.
FIN_WAIT_2: A description of the causes of Apache processes going into the FIN_WAIT_2 state, and what you can do about it.
"How-To": Instructions about how to accomplish some commonly-desired server functionality changes.
HTTP Features list: A tab-separate table of HTTP features implemented and tested in Apache.
Known Client Problems: A list of problems in HTTP clients which can be mitigated by Apache.
No PGP: Why we took PEM and PGP support out of the base Apache distribution.
Performance Notes (BSD 4.4): Some notes about ways to improve/optimize Apache performance on BSD 4.4 systems.
Performance Notes (Digital UNIX): Extracts of USENET postings describing how to optimize Apache performance on Digital UNIX systems.
Performance Notes (HPUX): Email from an HP engineer on how to optimize HP-UX 10.20.
Performance Notes (General): Some generic notes about how to improve the performance of your machine/OS.
Performance Notes -- Apache Tuning: Notes about how to (run-time and compile-time) configure Apache for highest performance. Notes explaining why Apache does some things, and why it doesn't do other things (which make it slower/faster).
Security Tips: Some "do"s - and "don't"s - for keeping your Apache web site secure.
Virtual Hosts (IP-based): Excerpts and notes about configuring and using Apache IP-based virtual hosts.
Windows Bug with Web Keepalive: A brief description of a known problem with Microsoft Windows and web sites accessed using keepalive connections.

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