Hacking For Beginners – Manthan Desai

2010

5. Attacks on Web servers and Security

Introduction to Web Servers

A Web Server is a program which is configured to serve Web Pages using the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

• Served content usually is HTML documents and linked objects Images, Scripts, Text, etc.• Web server has an IP address and possibly a domain name. For example, if you enter the URLhttp://www.hackingtech.co.tv/mobile.html in your browser, this sends a request to the server whose domain name ishackingtech.co.tv. The server then fetches the page named mobile.html and sends it to your browser.

Setting Up a Web Server

Any computer can be turned into a Web server by installing server software and connecting the machine to the Internet.There are many Web server software applications available.

• Software to setup a Web Server:– Apache– IIS

The Basic Process: How Web servers work

Let's say that you are sitting at your computer, surfing the Web. So you type that URL into your browser and press enter.

• And magically, no matter where in the world that URL lives, the page pops up on your screen.• Web browser forms a connection to a Web server, requests a page and receives it.

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