
486 Chapter 11 • Developing Security-Enabled Applications
PKI for Apache Server
Apache Server is the most widely used Web server in the world today,
commanding some 60 percent of all Web servers running today. If only
for this reason alone, security for Apache server is an extremely impor-
tant issue. Done properly, configuring PKI for the Apache Web server
can harden the server against just about any hacking attack used today.
Before we run off down the PKI road, let’s discuss some more basic
Apache server security. First of all, our Apache server should be config-
ured with default security stance that denies all request for services or
access that w ...