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Apache Cookbook
The book has twelve chapters, covering everything from installation and adding modules through to proxies and performance. The chapter on security is the largest, it covers the topics well. By contrast I thought the chapter 'Aliases, Redirection and Rewriting' too short and could have benefited from some more 'recipes', but that may be due to my own bias - mod_rewrite is not an easy topic, and as I've said it causes me a great deal of grief.
It is laid out in a similar way to the Perl Cookbook: each recipe has a 'Problem' section followed by a 'Solution' and then 'Discussion.' In almost all the 'recipes' the 'Discussion' is longer than the 'Solution,' and I often found it far more useful and informative than the problem and its solution.
The Apache Cookbook covers almost all aspects and all parts of the learning curve for Apache. That will either be a strength or a weakness of this volume for you; with such a large and complex piece of software as Apache a single book cannot hope to cover it in a great deal of depth. For me this book was not really a cookbook, more a good source of well documented examples from which to create my own recipes,
My biggest problem reviewing a book like this is that after several years building and configuring Apache (even on an infrequent basis) quite a lot of this volume seems simple. You may also find it the same if you are the sort of person who is not afraid to pore over the documentation, get your hands dirty and make a few mistakes. If you like some hand holding and are just starting with Apache you may benefit from all of it.
That's not to say that I didn't personally find large chunks of this volume useful. Certainly I've gone over several of the recipes and their excellent explanatory text to shed some light on previously dark corners of Apache, particularly as the authors cover both Apache 1.3 and 2.0.
O'Reilly have the usual web page with a Table of Contents and example chapter. The example chapter, on error handling is well chosen as it is typical of the others and useful but not the most useful chapter.
I have recently been thinking that tech books fall into various sorts and there is one sort I'd call 'library books' - books you may not need to own, but will want to read every so often and would be good to have in your local or company library. Apache Cookbook is one of these, a book I'd recommend everyone coming to grips with Apache has close to hand, but it is not going to be constantly on your desk in the same way that Perl Cookbook might be for Perl programmers: to start off with, it's half the size and doesn't cover nearly as many topics. This one falls short of essential due to it's concentration on breadth. rather than depth. So my recommendation for this book is not that all Apache administrators should buy it, but you should have a copy close at hand.
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....for our Mothe.....erm...Homeland? Does this volume discuss thwarting Al Qaida and Saddam loyalists?
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Are there any tips on closing italics tags in there?
Silly troll, forgetting we can hover over and view hyperlinks.
I too have submitted this story, only to have it rejected. Goatse.cx has had the greatest social and programmatical effect on Slashdot.org of any domain, period. They even changed Slashcode itself on account of goatse.cx... and now goatse.cx is removed due to registrar censorship, an issue Slashdot and its users hold dear, and no one hears about it. It is improper to ignore such an event.
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This is truly a sad day for the entire internet. Does anyone have Rhonda Clarke's email address? She needs correcting.
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Slightly off-topic, but please, I am serious.
I'm a 30 years old computer nerd who's very interested in music. I just bought a new guitar - a Gretsch, it's for professionals. Now, I have a theory. My theory is that _everyone_ can learn to play any instrument well if he/she _really_ wants to.
Like I said, I'm 30 years old. I'm taking this as a great challenge and I'm willing to practise 4-5 hours/day. I believe I can become as good as any what you would call a great Jazz guitarist out there in 5 years if I practise _efficiently_. If I can use my intelligence to make plans how to get the most out of practising I really do believe I can do it. Any suggestions would be welcome. How to start practising guitar playing in most intelligent way possible? I'm sure you have some ideas even if you wouldn't play any instrument. I believe I can achieve my goal and I believe any one of you could do it too if you really wanted to. Thanks! (..and sorry for this off-topic post)
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Offtopic, but terrible news.
goatse.cx is down! This is truly the end of the golden age of the internet!
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Having read the registrar's response to the goatse complaint that started this all, it appeared to me that the website was shutdown for direct linking to dolphin sex, and not for the gaping anus. My impression was that they were being pretty cooperative and might be willing to reinstate the site provided the website owner removes the offending links to "illegal" material.
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