The Virtual Bookcase Reviews of 'Managing Internet Information Services':
Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
For companies interested in gaining an Internet "presence", most of the current
crop of "business on the Internet" books recommend becoming an information
provider. None of them are really good at telling you how. Here, then, is the
first "all-in-one" compilation of Internet server tools.
The book covers everything from simple finger responses, to mail servers, to
ftp, to WAIS, to Gopher and World Wide Web servers. "Firewall" security, legal
issues and intellectual property are touched on. While technical details
predominate, there are practical suggestions for design as well.
Unfortunately, this book is not really for managers. The material is demanding
and requires a knowledge of UNIX. The authors note this in the preface, and it
is fair to say that Internet server management is a technical task. At the
same time, it would have been possible to have started with simpler items and
more basic explanations. As it stands, the book is more appropriate for either
the technical staff in a large company or those involved with setting up a UNIX
Internet access provider. Perhaps a companion volume aimed at the more general
user would be a future project.
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994
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