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|  | <p>This glossary defines some of the common terminology related to Apache in | 
|  | particular, and web serving in general.  More information on each concept | 
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|  | <h2><a name="definitions" id="definitions">Definitions</a></h2> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dl> | 
|  | <dt><a name="accesscontrol" id="accesscontrol">Access Control</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The restriction of access to network realms. In an Apache context | 
|  | usually the restriction of access to certain <em>URLs</em>.<br /> See:  <a href="howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and Access | 
|  | Control</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="algorithm" id="algorithm">Algorithm</a></dt> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dd>An unambiguous formula or set of rules for solving a problem in a finite | 
|  | number of steps. Algorithms for encryption are usually called | 
|  | <dfn>Ciphers</dfn>. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="apacheextensiontool" id="apacheextensiontool">APache | 
|  | eXtension Tool</a> <a name="apxs" id="apxs">(apxs)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A perl script that aids in compiling <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#module">module</a> sources into Dynamic Shared Objects | 
|  | (<span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#dso">DSO</a>s) and helps install them in the | 
|  | Apache Web server.<br /> | 
|  | See: Manual Page: <code class="program"><a href="./programs/apxs.html">apxs</a></code> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="authentication" id="authentication">Authentication</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The positive identification of a network entity such as a server, a | 
|  | client, or a user.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and Access | 
|  | Control</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="certificate" id="certificate">Certificate</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A data record used for authenticating network entities such | 
|  | as a server or a client. A certificate contains X.509 information pieces | 
|  | about its owner (called the subject) and the signing <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> (called | 
|  | the issuer), plus the owner's <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#publickey">public | 
|  | key</a> and the | 
|  | signature made by the CA. Network entities verify these signatures | 
|  | using CA certificates.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="certificatsigningrequest" id="certificatsigningrequest">Certificate Signing Request</a> | 
|  | <a name="csr" id="csr">(CSR)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An unsigned <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#certificate">certificate</a> for | 
|  | submission to a <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#certificationauthority">Certification | 
|  | Authority</a>, which signs it with the <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#privatekey">Private Key</a> of their CA | 
|  | <em>Certificate</em>. Once the CSR is signed, it becomes a real | 
|  | certificate.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="certificationauthority" id="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> | 
|  | <a name="ca" id="ca">(CA)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A trusted third party whose purpose is to sign certificates for network | 
|  | entities it has authenticated using secure means. Other network entities | 
|  | can check the signature to verify that a CA has authenticated the bearer | 
|  | of a certificate.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="cipher" id="cipher">Cipher</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An algorithm or system for data encryption. Examples are DES, IDEA, RC4, | 
|  | etc.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="ciphertext" id="ciphertext">Ciphertext</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The result after <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#plaintext">Plaintext</a> is | 
|  | passed through a <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#cipher">Cipher</a>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="commongatewayinterface" id="commongatewayinterface">Common | 
|  | Gateway Interface</a> <a name="cgi" id="cgi">(CGI)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A standard definition for an interface between a web server and an | 
|  | external program that allows the external program to service requests. | 
|  | The interface was originally defined by <a href="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/overview.html">NCSA</a> but there | 
|  | is also an <a href="http://cgi-spec.golux.com/">RFC project</a>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="configurationdirective" id="configurationdirective">Configuration Directive</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>See: <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#directive">Directive</a></dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="configurationfile" id="configurationfile">Configuration | 
|  | File</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A text file containing <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#directive">Directives</a> | 
|  | that control the configuration of Apache.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="connect" id="connect">CONNECT</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An HTTP <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#method">method</a> for proxying raw data | 
|  | channels over HTTP. It can be used to encapsulate other protocols, such as | 
|  | the SSL protocol. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="context" id="context">Context</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An area in the <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#configurationfile">configuration | 
|  | files</a> where certain types of <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#directive">directives</a> are allowed.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="mod/directive-dict.html#Context">Terms Used to Describe | 
|  | Apache Directives</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="digitalsignature" id="digitalsignature">Digital | 
|  | Signature</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An encrypted text block that validates a certificate or other file. A | 
|  | <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> | 
|  | creates a signature by generating a hash of the <em>Public Key</em> | 
|  | embedded in a <em>Certificate</em>, then encrypting the hash with its own | 
|  | <em>Private Key</em>. Only the CA's public key can decrypt the signature, | 
|  | verifying that the CA has authenticated the network entity that owns the | 
|  | <em>Certificate</em>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="directive" id="directive">Directive</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A configuration command that controls one or more aspects of Apache's | 
|  | behavior.  Directives are placed in the <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#configurationfile">Configuration File</a><br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="mod/directives.html">Directive Index</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="dynamicsharedobject" id="dynamicsharedobject">Dynamic | 
|  | Shared Object</a> <a name="dso" id="dso">(DSO)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd><span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#module">Modules</a> compiled separately from the | 
|  | Apache <code class="program"><a href="./programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> binary that can be loaded on-demand.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="dso.html">Dynamic Shared Object Support</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="environmentvariable" id="environmentvariable">Environment | 
|  | Variable</a> <a name="env-variable" id="env-variable">(env-variable)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Named variables managed by the operating system shell and used to store | 
|  | information and communicate between programs.  Apache also contains | 
|  | internal variables that are referred to as environment variables, but are | 
|  | stored in internal Apache structures, rather than in the shell | 
|  | environment.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="env.html">Environment Variables in Apache</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="export-crippled" id="export-crippled">Export-Crippled</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Diminished in cryptographic strength (and security) in order to comply | 
|  | with the United States' Export Administration Regulations (EAR). | 
|  | Export-crippled cryptographic software is limited to a small key size, | 
|  | resulting in <em>Ciphertext</em> which usually can be decrypted by brute | 
|  | force.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="filter" id="filter">Filter</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A process that is applied to data that is sent or received by the | 
|  | server.  Input filters process data sent by the client to the server, | 
|  | while output filters process documents on the server before they are sent | 
|  | to the client.  For example, the <code>INCLUDES</code> output filter | 
|  | processes documents for <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#ssi">Server Side | 
|  | Includes</a>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="filter.html">Filters</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="fully-qualifieddomain-name" id="fully-qualifieddomain-name">Fully-Qualified Domain-Name</a> | 
|  | <a name="fqdn" id="fqdn">(FQDN)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The unique name of a network entity, consisting of a hostname and a | 
|  | domain name that can resolve to an IP address. For example, | 
|  | <code>www</code> is a hostname, <code>example.com</code> is a domain name, | 
|  | and <code>www.example.com</code> is a fully-qualified domain name. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="handler" id="handler">Handler</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An internal Apache representation of the action to be performed when a | 
|  | file is called. Generally, files have implicit handlers, based on the file | 
|  | type. Normally, all files are simply served by the server, but certain | 
|  | file types are "handled" separately.  For example, the | 
|  | <code>cgi-script</code> handler designates files to be processed as | 
|  | <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#cgi">CGIs</a>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="handler.html">Apache's Handler Use</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="hash" id="hash">Hash</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A mathematical one-way, irreversable algorithm generating a string with | 
|  | fixed-length from another string of any length. Different input strings | 
|  | will usually produce different hashes (depending on the hash function). | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="header" id="header">Header</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The part of the <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#http">HTTP</a> request and | 
|  | response that is sent before the actual content, and that contains | 
|  | meta-information describing the content. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="htaccess" id="htaccess">.htaccess</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#configurationfile">configuration file</a> that | 
|  | is placed inside the web tree and applies configuration <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#directive">directives</a> to the directory where it is | 
|  | placed and all sub-directories.  Despite its name, this file can hold | 
|  | almost any type of directive, not just access-control directives.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="httpd.conf" id="httpd.conf">httpd.conf</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The main Apache <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#configurationfile">configuration | 
|  | file</a>.  The default location is | 
|  | <code>/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf</code>, but it may be moved using | 
|  | run-time or compile-time configuration.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="hypertexttransferprotocol" id="hypertexttransferprotocol">HyperText Transfer Protocol</a> | 
|  | <a name="http" id="hhtp">(HTTP)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The standard transmission protocol used on the World Wide Web.  Apache | 
|  | implements version 1.1 of the protocol, referred to as HTTP/1.1 and | 
|  | defined by <a href="http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a>. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="https" id="https">HTTPS</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The HyperText Transfer Protocol (Secure), the standard encrypted | 
|  | communication mechanism on the World Wide Web. This is actually just HTTP | 
|  | over <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#ssl">SSL</a>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="method" id="method">Method</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>In the context of <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#http">HTTP</a>, an action to | 
|  | perform on a resource, specified on the request line by the client.  Some | 
|  | of the methods available in HTTP are <code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, | 
|  | and <code>PUT</code>. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="messagedigest" id="messagedigest">Message Digest</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A hash of a message, which can be used to verify that the contents of | 
|  | the message have not been altered in transit.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="mime-type" id="mime-type">MIME-type</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A way to describe the kind of document being transmitted.  Its name | 
|  | comes from that fact that its format is borrowed from the Multipurpose | 
|  | Internet Mail Extensions.  It consists of a major type and a minor type, | 
|  | separated by a slash.  Some examples are <code>text/html</code>, | 
|  | <code>image/gif</code>, and <code>application/octet-stream</code>.  In | 
|  | HTTP, the MIME-type is transmitted in the <code>Content-Type</code> | 
|  | <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#header">header</a>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="module" id="module">Module</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An independent part of a program.  Much of Apache's functionality is | 
|  | contained in modules that you can choose to include or exclude.  Modules | 
|  | that are compiled into the Apache <code class="program"><a href="./programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> binary are | 
|  | called <dfn>static modules</dfn>, while modules that are stored | 
|  | separately and can be optionally loaded at run-time are called | 
|  | <dfn>dynamic modules</dfn> or <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#dso">DSOs</a>. | 
|  | Modules that are included by default | 
|  | are called <dfn>base modules</dfn>. Many modules are available for Apache | 
|  | that are not distributed as part of the Apache HTTP Server <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#tarball">tarball</a>.  These are referred to as | 
|  | <dfn>third-party modules</dfn>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="mod/">Module Index</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="modulemagicnumber" id="modulemagicnumber">Module Magic | 
|  | Number</a> (<a name="mmn" id="mmn">MMN</a>)</dt> | 
|  | <dd>Module Magic Number is a constant defined in the Apache source code that | 
|  | is associated with binary compatibility of modules. It is changed when | 
|  | internal Apache structures, function calls and other significant parts of | 
|  | API change in such a way that binary compatibility cannot be guaranteed | 
|  | any more. On MMN change, all third party modules have to be at least | 
|  | recompiled, sometimes even slightly changed in order to work with the new | 
|  | version of Apache. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="openssl" id="openssl">OpenSSL</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS<br /> | 
|  | See <a href="http://www.openssl.org/">http://www.openssl.org/</a># | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="passphrase" id="passphrase">Pass Phrase</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The word or phrase that protects private key files. It prevents | 
|  | unauthorized users from encrypting them. Usually it's just the secret | 
|  | encryption/decryption key used for <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#cipher">Ciphers</a>.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="plaintext" id="plaintext">Plaintext</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The unencrypted text.</dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="privatekey" id="privatekey">Private Key</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The secret key in a <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#publickeycryptography">Public Key | 
|  | Cryptography</a> system, used to decrypt incoming messages and | 
|  | sign outgoing ones.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="proxy" id="proxy">Proxy</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An intermediate server that sits between the client and the <em>origin | 
|  | server</em>.  It accepts requests from clients, transmits those requests | 
|  | on to the origin server, and then returns the response from the origin | 
|  | server to the client.  If several clients request the same content, the | 
|  | proxy can deliver that content from its cache, rather than requesting it | 
|  | from the origin server each time, thereby reducing response time.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="publickey" id="publickey">Public Key</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The publicly available key in a <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</a> system, | 
|  | used to encrypt messages bound for its owner and to decrypt signatures | 
|  | made by its owner.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="publickeycryptography" id="publickeycryptography">Public Key Cryptography</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The study and application of asymmetric encryption systems, which use | 
|  | one key for encryption and another for decryption. A corresponding pair of | 
|  | such keys constitutes a key pair. Also called Asymmetric Cryptography. | 
|  | <br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="regularexpresion" id="regularexpresion">Regular Expression</a> | 
|  | <a name="regex" id="regex">(Regex)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A way of describing a pattern in text - for example, "all the words that | 
|  | begin with the letter A" or "every 10-digit phone number" or even "Every | 
|  | sentence with two commas in it, and no capital letter Q". Regular | 
|  | expressions are useful in Apache because they let you apply certain | 
|  | attributes against collections of files or resources in very flexible ways | 
|  | - for example, all .gif and .jpg files under any "images" directory could | 
|  | be written as "<code>/images/.*(jpg|gif)$</code>".  Apache uses Perl | 
|  | Compatible Regular Expressions provided by the <a href="http://www.pcre.org/">PCRE</a> library. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="reverseproxy" id="reverseproxy">Reverse Proxy</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#proxy">proxy</a> server that appears to the client | 
|  | as if it is an <em>origin server</em>.  This is useful to hide the real | 
|  | origin server from the client for security reasons, or to load balance. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="securesocketslayer" id="securesocketslayer">Secure Sockets | 
|  | Layer</a> <a name="ssl" id="ssl">(SSL)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A protocol created by Netscape Communications Corporation for general | 
|  | communication authentication and encryption over TCP/IP networks.  The most | 
|  | popular usage is <em>HTTPS</em>, i.e. the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | 
|  | over SSL.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="serversideincludes" id="serversideincludes">Server Side | 
|  | Includes</a> <a name="ssi" id="ssi">(SSI)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A technique for embedding processing directives inside HTML files.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="howto/ssi.html">Introduction to Server Side Includes</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="session" id="session">Session</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The context information of a communication in general.</dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="ssleay" id="ssleay">SSLeay</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The original SSL/TLS implementation library developed by Eric A. | 
|  | Young | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="symmetriccryptophraphy" id="symmetriccryptophraphy">Symmetric | 
|  | Cryptography</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The study and application of <em>Ciphers</em> that use a single secret key | 
|  | for both encryption and decryption operations.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="tarball" id="tarball">Tarball</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A package of files gathered together using the <code>tar</code> utility. | 
|  | Apache distributions are stored in compressed tar archives or using | 
|  | pkzip. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="transportlayersecurity" id="transportlayersecurity">Transport | 
|  | Layer Security</a> <a name="tls" id="tls">(TLS)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The successor protocol to SSL, created by the Internet Engineering Task | 
|  | Force (IETF) for general communication authentication and encryption over | 
|  | TCP/IP networks. TLS version 1 and is nearly identical with SSL version | 
|  | 3.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="uniformresourcelocator" id="uniformresourcelocator">Uniform | 
|  | Resource Locator</a> <a name="url" id="url">(URL)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>The name/address of a resource on the Internet.  This is the common | 
|  | informal term for what is formally called a <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</a>. | 
|  | URLs are usually made up of a scheme, like <code>http</code> or | 
|  | <code>https</code>, a hostname, and a path.  A URL for this page is | 
|  | <code>http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/glossary.html</code>. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="uniformresourceidentifier" id="uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</a> | 
|  | <a name="URI" id="URI">(URI)</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical | 
|  | resource.  It is formally defined by <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</a>.  URIs used on the | 
|  | world-wide web are commonly referred to as <span title="see glossary">→</span> <a href="./glossary.html#url">URLs</a>. | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="virtualhosting" id="virtualhosting">Virtual Hosting</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Serving multiple websites using a single instance of Apache.  <em>IP | 
|  | virtual hosting</em> differentiates between websites based on their IP | 
|  | address, while <em>name-based virtual hosting</em> uses only the name of the | 
|  | host and can therefore host many sites on the same IP address.<br /> | 
|  | See: <a href="vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <dt><a name="x.509" id="x.509">X.509</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>An authentication certificate scheme recommended by the International | 
|  | Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) which is used for SSL/TLS authentication.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a> | 
|  | </dd> | 
|  | </dl> | 
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