Technical SpecificationsCurrently, the NYU.edu web environment is run in a load-balanced pool of Linux servers. A 2TB file system is mounted from a clustered NFS server. We run the Apache webserver, version 2.2.15. We have the capacity to enable our webmasters for cgiwrap to run scripts using Perl as well as PHP (after a review of their project proposal). We can provide access to a MySQL database and Web-based access through PHPMyAdmin. Please note, however, installations of php-based CMS applications (e.g. Drupal, Joomla), bulletin board or blog software (e.g. Wordpress) are not permitted. SSI and SSL can be used. SCP may be used to transfer files as well as SFTP. Note, we do not support regular FTP. Installed Software
* Our version of PHP is "locked-down" for security purposes using Suhosin, an advanced protection system for PHP installations. We don't display any error messages, register_globals is turned off, and file uploads via the We cannot provide access to the main error logs. Microsoft FrontPage software attempts to provide CGI functionality through the use of "extensions", which must be installed on a Web server. The extensions are insecure and can be exploited to hijack, or otherwise compromise the performance and data-integrity of the server. For this reason, FrontPage extensions are not available on the NYU Web server. |
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