# DECthreads HTTP server for VMS

This is the default 'root' page for the DECthreads HTTP server. It is included in the distribution for the following purposes:

- Provide a working configuration to verify correct operation of the server.

- Provide an example configuration as a base for organizing your own server files.

## Useful information about the server

- Understanding server error messages.
- Overview of server internals
- Format of configuration file
- How to set up and write server scripts
- Access control, host-based or user-based

## Server demonstrations

- Scripts to access/edit server configuration
- CGI script, VMS help gateway
- Script support, VMSHELP
- CGI scripts from DCL, DCL_ENV
- Clickable images, Nagel23
- Fill-out forms, Mail-to and Tmail
- Special script function, Invalidate cache
- Protected documents, host-based or user-based (guest,oqobf)
- Server-side HTML pre-processor
- Using the pre-processor for dynamic frame support.
- Dynamic directory browsing
- Dynamically loaded MST-based scripts: testcgi or omnimap
- Fork-based script (unix scripting): CGI environment

If you have problems that you believe are caused by incorrect behavior of the HTTP server, please send mail to `Jonesd@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu`.