DECthreads HTTP server for VMS

This is the default 'root' page for the DECthreads HTTP server. It is included in the distribution for the following purposes:

• Provide a working configuration to verify correct operation of the server.
• Provide an example configuration as a base for organizing your own server files.

Useful information about the server

• Understanding server error messages.
• Overview of server internals
• Format of configuration file
• How to set up and write server scripts
• Access control, host-based or user-based

Server demonstrations

• DCL script, Freeware CD contents
• CGI script, VMS help gateway
• Script support, VMSHELP
• CGI scripts from DCL, DCL_ENV
• Clickable images, Nagel23
• Fill-out forms, Mail-to
• Special script function, Invalidate cache
• Index search, /documents index
• Protected documents, host-based or user-based (guest,oqobf)
• Server-side HTML pre-processor
• Dynamic directory browsing
• Dynamically loaded MST-based scripts: testcgi or omnimap
• Fork-based script (unix scripting): CGI environment

If you have problems that you believe are caused by incorrect behavior of the HTTP server, please send mail to Jonesd@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu.