About the World Wide Web and this server

The University of Cambridge WWW server

This (http://www.cam.ac.uk/) is the central University of Cambridge WWW server, but there are many other servers run by individual Departments and Colleges - each server tends to concentrate on information about the host institution, and information relevant to its staff and students. This server provides information about the University as a whole and about the Computing Service.

This server is running on a Sun SPARCserver 10/51 system (with Solaris 2.4), and using the Apache WWW server software, currently version 1.1.1. See also the Apache Week newsletter for news and general information about Apache.

WWW server usage summaries are prepared using the analog server logfile analysis program.

Other information about the World Wide Web

The W3 Consortium server includes a great deal of information about the World Wide Web, including its history, software, protocol standards, etc. The Web Developers Virtual Library is a valuable collection of information and links to information about all aspects of setting up World Wide Web servers and documents.

The Netcraft web server survey and Web Compare are useful starting points for anyone planning a web server and wondering about the facilities offered by the different servers and how they compare.


webmaster@ucs.cam.ac.uk; last updated March 1997