Planning & Managing an Internet Service
By Pauline M. Berry
- Introduction to the Internet
- REAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
- Internet Access - build or buy?
- Site Construction
- WWW Tools
5.1 The Internet Connection
5.2 Security
5.3 Servers
5.4 Web Browsers
5.5 Web Authoring Tools
5.6 More Product Information
- Internet Issues and Implications
- Full Course Index
With exciting new web applications being released daily along with constant
updates and enhancements to existing web software, it's next to impossible to
keep up with all the latest Internet tools. I've tried to list a few options
here and some good list and review sites.
- The AlterNet product family
- High-speed dedicated Internet Services {http://www.uu.net}
- BBN InterNET Advantage Connection Service
- Suite of consulting and support servies {http://www.bbnplanet.com}
- InternetMCI
- Includes software, dial-up access, consultancy, email, etc
{http://www.internerMCI.com}
- The WELL
- Conferencing and full Internet services {http://www.well.com}
- ANS InterLock Services
- Access Control, auditing etc. {http://www.ans.net}
- Gauntlet Internet Firewall
- Hardware and Software based application level firwall system.
{http://www.tis.com}
>SecureConnect
- Includeds a secure internet router, etc. {http://www.psi.net}
- Sidewinder 2.1
- Offers 4 layers of protection {http://www.sctc.com}
- Site Patrol
- Turnkey service combining hardware, software, installation, integration,
monitoring, etc. {http://www.bbnplanet.com/}
- Internet Alpha Server Family
- From Digital. Comes with Digital UNIX, TCP/IP, e-mail, Telnet, FTP, WWW,
news reader {http:www.digital.com}
- Internet Office Web Server
- From CompuServe with proxy server support {http://www.spry.com}
- Netra Internet Server
- From Sun Microsystems. Web and Internet gateway server that provides
scalable Internet access to NetWare clients {http://www.sun.com/netra-i}
- NetWare Web Server
- Brings Web technology to NetWare 4.1 {http://ww.novell.com}
- NCSA httpd
- NCSA has released a server, known as the NCSA httpd
{ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Web/ncsa_httpd}
- CERN httpd
- CERN's server is available for anonymous FTP from info.cern.ch
{http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/Status.html} and many other
places.
- GN Gopher/HTTP server
- The GN server is unique in that it can serve both WWW and Gopher
clients (in their native modes). This is a good server for those migrating
from Gopher to WWW, although it does not have the server-side-script
capabilities of the NCSA and CERN servers. {http://hopf.math.nwu.edu/}
- Plexus Perl server
- There is also a server written in the Perl scripting language,
called Plexus. {http://bsdi.com/server/doc/plexus.html}
- MacHTTP
- {http://www.uth.tmc.edu/mac_info/machttp_info.html}
Purveyor
A family of Web servers {http://www.process.soft}
Website
From O'Reilly Assoc. A Windows-95 Web server that allows real-time data to
be incorporated onto Web pages{http://website.ora.com/}
HTTPS (Windows NT)
HTTPS is a server for Windows NT systems, both Intel and Alpha --
based. It is available {ftp://emwac.ed.ac.uk/pub/https}
NCSA httpd for Windows
The NCSA httpd for Windows has most of the features of the Unix
version, including scripts.
{ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Web/ncsa_httpd/contrib/whtp11a6.zip}
SerWeb
A simple, effective server for Windows writtten by Gustavo Estrella.
Available by anonymous ftp from winftp.cica.indiana.edu (or one of its mirror
sites, such as nic.switch.ch), as the file serweb03.zip, in the
directory /pub/pc/win3/winsock. There is also a Windows NT version of SerWeb,
available by anonymous FTP from emwac.ed.ac.uk as /pub/serweb/serweb_i.zip.
WEB4HAM
Another Windows-based server, available by anonymous FTP from
ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de as /pub/net/winsock/web4ham.zip.
- Netscape Navigator (& Netscape Navigator Gold)
- Probably the best at the moment
{http://home.mcom.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html}
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft's Web browser is serious competition for Netscape
{http://www.microsoft.com/ie/}
- NCSA Mosaic
- A strong contender. Was first and greatest but now following Netscape's
lead {http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/}
- QMosaic
- Part of Quarterdeck's Internet Toolbox. A solid browser
{http://arachnid.qdeck.com/qdeck/products/QMosaic/}
- I-Comm
- Talent Communications'
full-featured WWW browser that doesn't require a SLIP/PPP winsock connection in
order to surf the web. {http://www.talentcom.com/icomm.htm}
- FrontPage
- Microsoft's WYSIWYG HTML editor {http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/}
- HoTMetaL Pro.
- A cross between a "true" html editor and a WYSIWYG application. Targetted
at the serious professional {http://www.sq.com}
- PageMill
- A nice WYSIWYG style editor Work with a preview of the page using menus and
toolbars to do the editing{http://www.adobe.com}
- Netscape Navigator Gold
- {http://home.mcom.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html}
Same great features as found in the standard Netscape release plus web
editing capabilities Cons: Lacks many important web editing features, including
support for Netscape 2.0 extensions. Review
- Spider 1.1
- A well designed program that supports both Netscape and microsoft
extensions {http://www.incontext.ca}
- WebAuthor 2.0
- Easy use and good at moving between Word and HTML formats
{http://www.qdeck.com/qdeck/products/WebAuthr/} to
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