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This article is from the Amiga Networking FAQ, by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.

10 http

http is the protocol that is used between the client (browser) and the server. The
client submits requests to the server and the server satisfies them if it can.
Most often the request is for a file, but it can also be a request to run a script
and return the result. Thus the client is allowed to browse what the server has to
offer.
Without an http server no one can see what you have to offer. Servers should be
available at all times so a direct fulltime Internet connection is required.
There are three http servers for the Amiga. There is one based on the NCSA httpd
software and it is freeware. It comes with Amosaic or is available separately at:
 ftp://ftp.ominpresence.com/pub/amiga/amosaic/
Secondly there is AWS which is also freeware and much faster than the NCSA
version. AWS is written by Mike Meyer and is available at:
 http://www.phone.net/aws/
Thirdly, there is Aserve which is a commercial version of AWS.
Even if you don't have a full time connection you can build and test your pages on
your Amiga. Pages are written in plain text using   HTML  . You can test your pages
using the open local option of the client (Amosaic). When they work it is simply a
matter of finding someone with a server who will serve them for you to the WWW.

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