Web Servers
Apache Server 2 Bible
Format: Paperback
Author: Mohammed J. Kabir
ReleaseDate: 18 March, 2002
Publisher: Wiley
Rating:
A manpage 
It is cheaper to read the manpages for
Apache. Don't buy it. The hole book is more or less a manpage listing.
In between one can find some useful examples. But they
are quit rear.
Not quite enough 
I had to refer to the website more often than the book. My requirements: Apache+SSL+PHP This book does cover some fundamental concepts but provides too few examples (especially in the areas of installation and getting SSL up and running). Good, but not good enough.
Find something better
The book is also full of embarrassing errors and glaring contradictions. This is a 600-page tome that gives you just enough information to make you very dangerous, and a bunch of non-sensical dialog that could have been left out. My favorite, in the mod_perl section is, ". . . when using mod_perl to run CGI scripts you cannot use ScriptAlias" followed very shortly by "You should also have a ScriptAlias directive. . . " The author probably knows a lot about Apache, but unfortunately is ineffective at teaching, a drawback particularly for novices reading his book. Too much is left out of this book, and too much is erroneous for you to put your put your faith in it. Try a more professional outfit, like O'Reilly's Apache: The Definitive Guide.
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