Network Services - Web Servers

Question 1

Web Servers

Answer 1

Any server that provides access to a website. Usually done with HTTP (Port 80) or HTTPS (Port 443)

Question 2

Internet Information Services (IIS)

Answer 2

Extensible web server software, created by Microsoft (HTTP, HTTP/2, and HTTPS)

Question 3

Apache

Answer 3

Most popular way to run a web server these days

Question 4

NGINX

Answer 4

Reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy, and HTTP cache

Question 5

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Answer 5

Combines the fully qualified domain name with a protocol at the beginning. It contains the protocol (ex. https://), server (ex. www.), domain (ex. diontraining), and top-level domain (ex. com)

Question 6

Benefits of a Digital Certificate

Answer 6

When a web browser connects to a server; it will be able to see a digital certificate to create a random code which redirect to a secure connection using port 443