Options for Secure Websites with Apache
Apache used to be the dominant web server. This is no longer the case. Nginx has taken over the top spot, according to Netcraft. Apache is now number 2. Fortunately, they are configured the same way using the same files. The configuration file syntax is the same. Nginx was developed specifically to improve the performance of the web server over what Apache was offering.
It’s easy to configure multiple websites on a single web server, all connected on a single Internet Protocol (IP) address. It’s almost as easy to configure these websites with Transport Layer Security (TLS), including X.509 certificates to enable encryption between the web server and user client browsers. You may still hear people refer ...
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