Internet Server Project

We were then to determine if the servers have the ability to support Virtual Servers and Virtual Hosting.

All of the above choices do indeed support Virtual Servers. Having the Virtual Servers eliminates the need for Virtual Hosting.

Next we were to determine the Servers Protocol that are supported and what each protocol is used for. Every server supports HTTP, as it states in our reading.

Roxen, it seems, only support HTTP. It supports a MIME email system, sending email to an email server that supports (E)SMTP protocol. Roxen does have it's own CMS which includes FTP protocol. It does not state anywhere, though, that the Web Server supports its own FTP.

Sambar, on the other hand, supports a large variety of protocol. Mail, FTP, TFTP, IRC, DHCP, DNS and Proxy are among those listed.

Zeus uses what they call a Load Balancer to work with HTTP, SSL, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Telnet, SSH, LDAP and FTP.

Then we were to compare the security features of each server. Security involves letting the right people in while keeping the wrong people out!

Roxen: Built-in proxy capabilities, Internal user access scheme, LDAP authentication and SSL (software). From their site, they describe security as follows- Overview

Sambar: Antispam features, Built-in proxy capabilities, Other/system authentication and SSL (software). From their site they describe security as follows- Overview

The Sambar Server supports three security models:
URL-Based Access Control - via security.ini
File-Based Access Control - via .htaccess
Host-Based Access Control - via security.ini and/or .htaccess
Traffic-Based Access Control - via throttling

Zeus: Antivirus features, Built-in firewall capabilities, Built-in proxy capabilities, Internal user access scheme, LDAP authentication, Other/system authentication, SSL (hardware), SSL (software). From their site they describe security as follows- Overview

Zeus Web Server is the solution to your security problems. It is secure out of the box, hardened against intrusion and Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, and is designed from the outset with security in mind. Our outstanding security track record and the incorporation of the latest and strongest encryption technologies in our products ensure peace of mind for both you and your customers.

• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Service Protection
• Verisign
• Cryptographic Accelerators

Finally we are to determine the OS that each server can run on.

Roxen: Linux, MacOS X Server, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Sambar: Red Hat Linux, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Zeus: AIX, BSD (any), HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, MacOS X Server, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, Tru64 Unix

*Below is a chart from Netcraft Web Server Survey with the results shown on Server Watch with the results from the October 2005 survey. Netcraft received responses to its October 2005 survey from 76,942,632 sites.

"Although October brought yet another peak in the number of responses received, the top-four players, Apache, Microsoft (which includes Microsoft-Internet-Information-Server, Microsoft-IIS, Microsoft-IIS-W, Microsoft-PWS-95, and Microsoft-PWS), Sun (which includes SunONE, iPlanet-Enterprise, Netscape-Enterprise, Netscape-FastTrack, Netscape-Commerce, Netscape-Communications, Netsite-Commerce, and Netsite-Communications), and Zeus essentially remained flat. Collectively, they account for 92.92 percent of all sites counted.

Of the sites surveyed, 39,171,171, or 50.91 percent, had .com domains; 41,74,673, or about 5.43 percent, had .uk domains. "