For version 8.5 release of the WASD VMS Hypertext Services HTTP server.
Supercedes:
January 2004 (v8.4)
July 2003 (v8.3)
April 2003 (v8.2)
December 2002 (v8.1)
July 2002 (v8.0)
July 2001 (v7.2)
November 2000 (v7.1)
June 2000 (v7.0)
December 1999 (v6.1)
May 1999 (v6.0)
November 1998 (v5.3)
September 1998 (v5.2)
July 1998 (v5.1)
March 1998 (v5.0)
November 1997 (v4.5)
October 1997 (v4.4)
August 1997 (v4.3)
July 1997 (v4.2)
June 1997 (v4.1)
October 1996 (v3.4)
December 1995 (initial freeware release, v3.1)
August 1995 (v2.3)
May 1995 (v2.1)
Abstract
This document is a technical overview of the implementation of the WASD VMS HyperText Transport Daemon. It contains information on server startup, configuration, etc. Previous versions contained information on scripting and brief descriptions of the major code modules of the server, these have now been removed to a documents of their own (see below).
Also see
WASD Scripting Environment
for information on CGI, ISAP, OSU, etc., scripting, and
WASD Hypertext Environment
for information on using the WASD VMS Hypertext Services.
Author
Mark G. Daniel
Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
For WASD-related email please use Mark.Daniel@wasd.vsm.com.au
Should the above address present problems or provide no response for an extended period then use Mark.Daniel@dsto.defence.gov.au
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PostScript
for access by suitable viewers (e.g. GhostScript), and printing from the
location HT_ROOT:[DOC.HTD]HTD.PS
Online Demonstrations
Some of the online demonstrations may not work due to the local organisation of the Web environment differing from WASD where it was originally written.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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Ohio State University
This package contains software provided with the OSU (DECthreads) HTTP
server package, authored by David Jones:
Copyright 1994,1997 The Ohio State University.
The Ohio State University will not assert copyright with respect
to reproduction, distribution, performance and/or modification
of this program by any person or entity that ensures that all
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RSA Data Security
This software contains code derived in part from RSA Data Security, Inc:
permission granted to make and use derivative works provided that such
works are identified as "derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc.
MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm" in all material mentioning or referencing
the derived work.
Bailey Brown Jr.
LZW compression is implemented using code derived in part from the PBM
suite. This code is copyright by the original author:
* GIF Image compression - LZW algorithm implemented with Tree type
* structure.
* Written by Bailey Brown, Jr.
* last change May 24, 1990
* file: compgif.c
*
* You may use or modify this code as you wish, as long as you mention
* my name in your documentation.
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