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From: nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Nick Kralevich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NCSA httpd for FreeBSD?
Date: 20 Nov 1995 21:09:56 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department, University of California at Berkeley
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In article <48pjjq$1c0_001@cce.iastate.edu>,
Marcus I. Ryan <shad@iastate.edu> wrote:
>better than NCSA.  I especially find it interesting that the command lines are
>the same for apache, NCSA, and CERN (at least), but the /etc/sysconfig file 
>refers specifically to apache.  So what's so great about it?  Why would I want 
>to consider switching?

Whats even more interesting is that the latest version of NCSA
httpd (1.5) incorporates many of the changes that were made in the
Apache version.  The difference between "true" NCSA httpd and the
Apache version seems to be less now.

In addition, httpd 1.5 supports kerberos authentication, permenent
redirects, and other performance enhancements.  Take a look at 
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/Upgrade.html for more information
about the changes.

Overall, I think NCSA httpd 1.5 is a better product than Apache, but
I don't have enough information to be an expert on this.

I recommend checking out http://www.apache.org:80/ for information
on Apache and http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ for information on NCSA.

Take care,
-- Nick Kralevich
   nickkral@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu