COURSE - Planning & Managing an Internet Service

Planning & Managing an Internet Service

By Pauline M. Berry1
INDEX
1. Introduction to the Internet2
2. Real Business Opportunities3
3. Internet Access - build or buy4
4. Site Construction5
5. Internet & WWW Tools6
5.1 The Internet Connection
5.2 Security Products
5.3 Servers
5.4 Web Browsers
5.5 Web AuthoringTools
5.6 More Product Information
6. Internet Issues and Implications7
7. Full Course Index8

5. Internet & WWW TOOLS

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.
5 . 1 The Internet Connection
• 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}

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• The WELL
Conferencing and full Internet services {http://www.well.com}
5.2 Security
• 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/}
5.3 Servers
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}
5 . 3 . 1 Unix Servers
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}
5 . 3 . 2 Macintosh Servers
MacHTTP {http://www.uth.tmc.edu/mac_info/machttp_info.html}

5 . 3 . 4 Microsoft Windows and Windows NT Servers

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
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.
5 . 4 Web Browsers
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/}
QMosic
Part of Quarterdeck's Internet Toolbox 9 . A solid browser
{http://arachnid.qdeck.com/qdeck/products/QMosaic/}
I-Comm

9URL http://arachnid.qdeck.com/qdeck/products/ISuite/
 Talent Communications'10 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}
5.5 Web Authoring Tools
FrontPage
Microsoft's WYSWYG 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. Review11
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
5 . 6 More Product Information
• Datamation {http://www.datamation.com}
• Web Master's Tool Chest {http://www.hometeam.com/tools/}
• HTML Authoring Tools & Guides {http://www.cyberus.ca/~eblair/htmlg.html}
• The Consummate Winsock Apps List: A great place to look for Web tools and
reviews (5* site!) {http://www.cwsapps.com}

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