| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Starting a Web Hosting Business | |
| The Changing World of Web Hosting | p. 3 |
| Trends in Web Hosting and the Internet | p. 4 |
| Pioneering a Market | p. 7 |
| The Growing Web Hosting Market | p. 11 |
| Application Service Providers | p. 14 |
| Summary | p. 18 |
| Types of Web Hosting Plans | p. 19 |
| Choosing the Type of Hosting to Provide | p. 22 |
| Shared Hosting | p. 24 |
| Dedicated Hosting | p. 27 |
| Co-location Hosting | p. 29 |
| Reseller Hosting | p. 31 |
| Template Hosting | p. 34 |
| Specialized Platform Hosting | p. 35 |
| Application Hosting | p. 36 |
| Managed-services Hosting | p. 40 |
| High-scalability Hosting | p. 42 |
| Summary | p. 43 |
| Selecting a Platform and Web Server | p. 45 |
| Market Overview | p. 48 |
| Unix (Open-source and Commercial) | p. 49 |
| Linux | p. 50 |
| Apache | p. 51 |
| Virtual Hosting | p. 53 |
| Windows NT/2000 | p. 54 |
| Advantages of Windows 2000 | p. 56 |
| IIS | p. 57 |
| Virtual Hosting | p. 59 |
| Additional Resources | p. 59 |
| Server Appliances | p. 60 |
| Summary | p. 62 |
| Marketing | |
| Web Presentation and Design Strategies | p. 65 |
| Web Presentation | p. 67 |
| Site Design Basics | p. 67 |
| Using Advanced Techniques | p. 76 |
| Wireless Application Protocol Technology | p. 78 |
| Search Engine Submittal Tips | p. 80 |
| Common Meta Tags | p. 83 |
| Submitting Your Web Site | p. 84 |
| Registration and Review by Web Host Rating Services | p. 86 |
| Affiliate Programs | p. 86 |
| Summary | p. 87 |
| Additional Marketing Strategies | p. 89 |
| Media Advertising | p. 91 |
| Outdoor Advertising | p. 93 |
| Press Releases | p. 95 |
| Industry Affiliations | p. 96 |
| Seminars, Conferences, and Trade Shows | p. 98 |
| Online Marketing Approawches | p. 99 |
| E-mail Advertising | p. 99 |
| Banner Ads | p. 102 |
| CueCat | p. 102 |
| Contests | p. 103 |
| Summary | p. 105 |
| Customer Service | |
| Ensuring Quality Customer Service | p. 109 |
| Basic Customer Support | p. 110 |
| Customer Relationship Management | p. 112 |
| Service Level Agreements | p. 115 |
| Monitoring Tools | p. 119 |
| ASPs | p. 122 |
| Managed Hosting | p. 122 |
| Customer Newsletters | p. 124 |
| Summary | p. 125 |
| How To Gauge Customer Satisfaction | p. 127 |
| Conducting Win-win Surveys | p. 128 |
| Listening to Customers Online | p. 132 |
| Kiwilogic.com | p. 133 |
| LivePerson.com | p. 134 |
| RightNow.com | p. 135 |
| HumanClick.com | p. 135 |
| Ask Jeeves | p. 136 |
| Other Methods of Interaction | p. 136 |
| Newsletters | p. 136 |
| Using Your Industry Expertise | p. 137 |
| Adding Customer Support Pages to Your Site | p. 137 |
| Summary | p. 141 |
| Web Hosting Services | |
| Deciding on a Standard Range of Services | p. 145 |
| E-mail Services | p. 147 |
| CGI-BIN Access | p. 148 |
| FTP Services | p. 150 |
| Domain Services | p. 150 |
| Domain Registration | p. 150 |
| Domain Parking | p. 155 |
| Hosting Plan Parameters | p. 156 |
| Web Services | p. 158 |
| Web Page Design | p. 158 |
| Microsoft FrontPage Extensions | p. 159 |
| Control Panels | p. 160 |
| Customer Service Agreements | p. 163 |
| In-house Expertise | p. 165 |
| Reseller Considerations | p. 166 |
| Summary | p. 167 |
| Providing Server-side Functionality | p. 169 |
| Server-side and Client-side Functionality | p. 170 |
| Common Gateway Interface | p. 171 |
| Java Server Pages | p. 172 |
| Implementing Jakarta Tomcat | p. 176 |
| Alternatives to JSP | p. 177 |
| Active Server Pages | p. 178 |
| ASP and COM | p. 179 |
| Developing ASP | p. 181 |
| The Future of ASP | p. 182 |
| Server-Side Includes | p. 182 |
| #begin and #end | p. 183 |
| #config | p. 183 |
| #echo | p. 184 |
| #exec | p. 185 |
| #flastmod | p. 185 |
| #fsize | p. 186 |
| #include | p. 186 |
| Enabling SSI in Apache | p. 186 |
| PHP | p. 187 |
| Setting up PHP Support | p. 188 |
| New Features of PHP | p. 190 |
| PHP and Databases | p. 192 |
| Summary | p. 193 |
| Infrastructure and Security Considerations | |
| Issues in Networking Infrastructure | p. 197 |
| Targeting for Growth | p. 198 |
| Focusing on QoS (Quality of Service) | p. 199 |
| Available Bandwidth | p. 200 |
| Latency Management | p. 204 |
| Jitter | p. 205 |
| Routing | p. 206 |
| Security and Filtering | p. 207 |
| Tracking Performance | p. 207 |
| Common Routing Protocols | p. 209 |
| Using BGP to Manage Your Network | p. 210 |
| Choosing Reliable Backbone Providers | p. 213 |
| Causes of Downtime | p. 216 |
| Summary | p. 217 |
| Securing Your Infrastructure | p. 219 |
| Security Plan | p. 223 |
| Security Aspects of the Network | p. 225 |
| Physical Aspects of the Network | p. 226 |
| Company Software Security | p. 226 |
| Encryption | p. 226 |
| Controlled Access | p. 227 |
| Authentication | p. 227 |
| Handling of Security Incidents | p. 228 |
| Disaster Recovery Plan | p. 228 |
| Appropriate Usage Policy | p. 229 |
| Auditing | p. 229 |
| Compliance | p. 229 |
| Employee Awareness of Security | p. 230 |
| Sample Security Policy Outline | p. 230 |
| Firewalls | p. 234 |
| Firewall Architectures | p. 235 |
| Firewall Administration | p. 239 |
| Packet Filtering Tools | p. 243 |
| Firewall Policies | p. 243 |
| Sample Firewall Policy | p. 244 |
| Security Resources | p. 245 |
| Firewall Software | p. 246 |
| Intrusion Detection Software | p. 246 |
| Incident Response Centers | p. 247 |
| Anti-virus and Trojan Protection | p. 247 |
| Summary | p. 248 |
| Using Network Monitoring Tools | p. 249 |
| TCP/IP Utilities | p. 250 |
| Arp | p. 252 |
| Ipconfig | p. 255 |
| Hostname | p. 257 |
| Nbtstat | p. 257 |
| Netstat | p. 260 |
| Ping | p. 262 |
| Tracert | p. 264 |
| Nslookup | p. 266 |
| Additional Utilities | p. 269 |
| Microsoft Windows NT and 2000 Utilities | p. 270 |
| Event Log | p. 271 |
| Performance Monitor | p. 271 |
| Network Monitor | p. 272 |
| System Monitor | p. 272 |
| Troubleshooting Tips | p. 273 |
| Summary | p. 274 |
| Enhancing Network Performance | p. 275 |
| Clustering | p. 277 |
| Linux Clustering Solutions | p. 278 |
| Windows Clustering Solutions | p. 279 |
| Load Balancing | p. 280 |
| Software-based Load Balancing | p. 281 |
| Hardware-based Load Balancing | p. 284 |
| Load Balancing Appliances | p. 286 |
| Caching Solutions | p. 287 |
| Content Delivery Services | p. 290 |
| Other Methods of Enhancing Availability | p. 291 |
| Performance Testing | p. 292 |
| Summary | p. 293 |
| Developing Partnerships and Outsourcing Services | p. 295 |
| Web Site Monitoring | p. 298 |
| Logging with Apache | p. 299 |
| Logging with IIS | p. 300 |
| Urchin | p. 300 |
| Web Trends | p. 302 |
| Order Processing Services | p. 303 |
| Miva | p. 303 |
| PayPal | p. 305 |
| Billing Solutions | p. 305 |
| Portal Software | p. 305 |
| Rodopi | p. 306 |
| Content Delivery Services | p. 307 |
| Akamai | p. 309 |
| Summary | p. 310 |
| Advanced Hosting Markets | |
| Growing Your Web Hosting Business | p. 313 |
| Developing Partnerships with Data Centers | p. 314 |
| Toward Full Redundancy | p. 317 |
| Application Service Providers | p. 319 |
| Application Servers | p. 322 |
| Enhancing SQL Server Performance | p. 323 |
| Other Security Considerations | p. 324 |
| Network Analysis Tools | p. 326 |
| Case Study: Digex | p. 327 |
| Case Study: Digital Island | p. 329 |
| Summary | p. 330 |
| Emerging Markets | p. 331 |
| MSPs | p. 334 |
| ASPs | p. 335 |
| Hardware Innovations | p. 337 |
| Security Enhancements | p. 338 |
| Summary | p. 339 |
| Web Hosting Scripting Resources | p. 341 |
| Application Server Resources | p. 343 |
| Network Monitoring Resources | p. 353 |
| Network Monitoring Platforms (NMPs) | p. 354 |
| Monitoring Tools Integrated with Network Monitoring Platforms | p. 354 |
| Commercial Monitoring Tools Not Integrated with a Network Monitoring Platform | p. 354 |
| Public Domain or Free Network Monitoring Tools | p. 356 |
| Introduction to Networking | p. 357 |
| HTTP Error Codes | p. 363 |
| Internet Standard Specifications | p. 365 |
| Index | p. 397 |
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