Online Resources

http://cpan.perl.org/, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, source for all kinds of Perl software.

http://dbi.perl.org/, home for DBI and DBI-related software.

http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/, the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) specification.

http://perl.apache.org/, the Apache Group’s mod_perl site. You’re likely to find several areas on this site particularly useful:

• http://perl.apache.org/guide/, the mod_perl Guide.

• http://perl.apache.org/dist/cgi_to_mod_perl.html, hints for converting CGI scripts to run under mod_perl.

• http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl_traps.html, problems to watch out for when using mod_perl.

• http://perl.apache.org/stories/ and http://perl.apache.org/tidbits.html, case studies and testimonials.

• http://perl.apache.org/tuning/, the mod_perl performance-tuning guide; tips for helping Apache run better.

http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/, the online CGI.pm documentation.

http://www.apache.com/, the primary Apache site.

http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/rfc2109.txt, RFC 2109, the document describing the specification for cookie-based state management.

http://www.modssl.org/, the mod_ssl site.

http://www.mysql.com/, the home of MySQL. The MySQL Reference Manual (the official MySQL documentation) is available here. (It’s also included with MySQL source distributions, which are available at this site as well.)

http://www.openssh.org/, the OpenSSH Web site.

http://www.securityfocus.com/, the SecurityFocus site; it hosts several security-related mailing lists and maintains an archive of security alerts and fixes.

http://www.truste.com/, the TRUSTe site; a good source of information about protection of client privacy.