Chapter 14. Apache Web Server
Apache is based on the public domain HTTP daemon developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. By early 1995, this public-domain software was the most popular server on the Web—but it was badly in need of fixes and updates. A group of volunteer Webmasters released the first version of Apache in April 1995.
The first official release of Apache (version 0.6.2) was based on NCSA httpd 1.3, with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. The name Apache refers to the many patches that were applied to the NCSA server: hence, "a patchy server," or Apache.
Apache is developed and maintained by the Apache Project, a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating ...
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