Apache HTTP Server is a Web server application that is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the guise of The Apache Software Foundation.
The application is available for a wide variety of operating systems, including Unix, Linux, OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Apache supports a plethora of features, many of which are implemented as compiled modules that can extend the core functionality. These range from server-side programming language support to authentication schemes.
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KEY FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Common language interfaces support Perl, Python, Tcl, and PHP.
- Configurable error messages.
- DBMS-based authentication databases, and content negotiation.
- Several different types of GUI Support.
- Password authentication and digital certificate authentication.
The source code is freely available so anybody can adapt the server for their specific needs. Also there is a huge public library of Apache add-ons.
