Web software: internet service providers, servers, analysis, logs, proxy, email, news and picture servers and firewalls

Web software: internet service providers, servers, analysis, logs, proxy, email, news and picture servers, and firewalls

This page is for people who want to setup their own WWW resources. Most of the links refer to software for computers running Microsoft's 'Windows'.

1. Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Listed by country
Indexes of UK ISPs at Bigbytez and 'Internet Magazine'.

2. Web server software

15 Seconds. Information on Active Server Pages (ASPs).

'Apache' free WWW server for UNIX, Win'95 and NT. Download from Imperial College, London. This is the most popular server.

'DirectX' 3D RSX (Realistic Sound eXperience) sound player fromMicrosoft for Netscape v 3 for Windows95 and Windows NT (2.47MB).

Freenet, a peer-to-peer network designed to allow the distribution of information over the Internet in an efficient manner, without censorship.

Microsoft's Internet Information Server IIS v 5 also uses the Index Server for web searches.

SGI's VRML 'Cosmo Player' for Netscape v 3 for Windows95 and Windows NT (1.8MB).

Subscribe/unsubscribe to Netscape's 'In-Box Direct' information services sent by email: news, technology, stock prices etc.

Sound software for WWW.

Software to analyze uses of WWW servers. PC Users Group.

Tutorial on how to maintain a WWW site server, including C code for cgi database applications.

WebReference.com. Web design tips, tutorials, software and advice.

XML.com XML markup language

X-Mosaic documents

3. Web server analysis software

CyberGeography maps of Internet resources.
Netcraft's survey of web sites. Find out what web server a specified site, or this site is using.

4. Web server log analysis software

Analog and WWWstat are free log analysis software.
I/PRO Netline, Net.Genesis, NetTracker, WebTrends and wusage are commercial log analysis software.

5. Personal proxy server software

JunkBusters and Muffin provide control over what information web sites can obtain from client programs that view their pages.

6. email servers

ArGoSoft Mail Server free SMTP servers software for Windows.

7. News servers

Hamster and second download site, is a ree news server for Windows.
Free public access to Usenet news is available from many sites, including dfn and Netcom. Registering is required before posting is permitted.
Claranet provides one of the best Usenet news services for Ł20/year.

8. Picture servers

Arles Image Web Page Creator
SWGallery web photo gallery software.

9. Fax sending and receiving

HQFax, a free internet fax gateway used to send faxes from a computer. Use one of the many free fax-to-email services on Internet to receive faxes.

10. Personal firewall software

'Norton Internet Security 2000' v 2 from Symantec.
'SonicWALL DMZ' from Sonic Systems
'ZoneAlarm' from Zone Labs Inc.

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Š cspry@sghms.ac.uk. Department of Biochemistry & Immunology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK. Phone +44 20-8725 5819; fax +44 20-8725 5821. This page was last updated on 11 March 2002 10:31:31.