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February 27, 1999

Servlets are a Viable Alternative to CGI

Servlets provide a more effective mechanism of achieving the functionality offered by CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts. CGI was one of the first techniques for creating dynamic Web pages by

Index Server Directory Scanning

If you are utilizing Internet Information Server (IIS) 4 and Microsoft Index Server, be careful which directories you set up to be traversed by Index Server. You likely do not

What are Servlets?

All Java programmers probably know what Java applets are and how they differ from Java applications. After all applets were Java’s gateway into the Internet. Servlets are Java’s entry into