Apache is considerably lighter on its feet to serve static pages and images quicker than TC Apache's HTTP server resource management algorithm revolves around Prefork MPM OK if you have 1-10 processes..considerably more problematic when Apache attempting to manage >100 concurrent processes Tomcat's superior multi-threading can manage multiple resources much more effectively..
Anyone else? M-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Why use a Web Server over Tomcat? > > > > > One reason for doing this, is again not whether IIS or APACHE is better > > although APACHE on linux in the > > hands of a guru is very good, its because Tomcat carries clear text > > passwords, so if a hacker did > > get at the machine, they would probably see the Active X LDAP master > > password, > > I don't understand this comment at all. 'Passwords' in tomcat can be > managed by a whole host of authentication schemes. I use SSL to protect > access to the password on the net and MD5 encoded passwords in a > database for user authentication and access control. It depends entirely > upon how you configure your system. > > Regards > > Alan > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > !DSPAM:4784031b130881839419991! > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
