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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
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<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9">
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<TITLE>Linux WWW HOWTO : Introduction</TITLE>
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<LINK HREF="WWW-HOWTO-2.html" REL=next>
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<LINK HREF="WWW-HOWTO.html#toc1" REL=contents>
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<A HREF="WWW-HOWTO-2.html">Next</A>
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<A HREF="WWW-HOWTO.html#toc1">Contents</A>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>
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<P>Many people are trying Linux because they are looking for a
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really good <EM>Internet capable</EM> operating system.
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Also, there are institutes, universities, non-profits, and small
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businesses which want to set up Internet sites on a
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small budget. This is where the WWW-HOWTO comes in. This document
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explains how to set up clients and servers for the largest
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part of the Internet - <EM>The World Wide Web</EM>.
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<P>All prices in this document are stated in US dollars. This document
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assumes you are running Linux on an Intel platform. Instructions and
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product availability my vary from platform to platform. There are many
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links for downloading software in this document. Whenever possible use a
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mirror site for faster downloading and to keep the load down on the main
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server.
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<P>The US government
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forbids US companies from exporting encryption stronger than 40 bit in
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strength. Therefore US companies will usually have two versions of
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software. The import version will usually support 128 bit, and the export
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only 40 bit. This applies to web browsers and servers supporting secure
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transactions. Another name for secure transactions is Secure Sockets Layer
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(SSL). We will refer to it as SSL for the rest of this document.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Copyright</A>
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</H2>
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<P>This document is Copyright (c) 1997 by Wayne Leister.
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The original author of this document was Peter Dreuw.(All versions prior to 0.8)
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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This HOWTO is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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License, or (at your option) any later version.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
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merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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You can obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License by writing to
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the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139,
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USA.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Trademarks are owned by there respective owners.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Feedback</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Any feedback is welcome. I do not claim to be an expert.
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Some of this information was taken from badly
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written web sites; there are bound to be errors and omissions.
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But make sure you have the latest version before
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you send corrections; It may be fixed in the next version (see the next
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section for where to get the latest version).
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Send feedback to
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<A HREF="mailto:n3mtr@qis.net">n3mtr@qis.net</A>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 New versions of this Document</A>
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</H2>
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<P>New versions of this document can be retrieved in text format from Sunsite at
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<A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/WWW-HOWTO">http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/WWW-HOWTO</A> and almost any
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Linux mirror site. You can view the latest HTML version on the web at
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<A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/WWW-HOWTO.html">http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/WWW-HOWTO.html</A>.
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There are also HTML versions available on Sunsite in a
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tar archive.
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