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WebSTAR: The Ultimate World Wide Web Server
Based on Chuck Shotton's MacHTTP, WebSTAR(TM) helps you publish hypertext documents to millions of Web users around the world, right from your Macintosh. You can also use WebSTAR to put any Macintosh file on the Web, including GIF and JPEG images and even QuickTime(TM) movies. And yet, using WebSTAR is as easy as AppleShare(r). Plus, it's faster than many Web servers running on UNIX.
WebSTAR is completely compatible with all Web clients including the one that started the revolution, Mosaic(TM). It's also compatible with NetScape Navigator(TM), and even Prodigy(r). So think big. Use WebSTAR to reach the fastest growing online audience in the world: the World Wide Web.
From Best To Better: MacHTTP to WebSTAR
Right now, MacHTTP is the most widely-used desktop Web server on the Internet. But that will soon change, because WebSTAR is even better. In fact, it's an enhanced, improved version of MacHTTP. And we've changed a lot more than the name. WebSTAR includes these new features:
Suddenly, You're Publishing on the Web
WebSTAR comes pre-configured and ready-to-run. Within minutes, you'll have your Macintosh online as a full-fledged Web server. WebSTAR is completely compatible with any HTML documents you may already have. Just move them onto your Mac and you're in business.
Let Your Mac Do The Talking
Through the power of AppleScript(TM), WebSTAR can communicate with other applications on your Mac to publish anything contained in those programs. For example, if your company information is in FileMaker(r), Web client users can query it with HTML forms to get the data from FileMaker via WebSTAR. It's powerful and easy.
NO UNIX Headaches
Not only is WebSTAR much easier to use than UNIX-based alternatives, it's also faster and more secure in many cases. The lightning-fast PowerPC server can easily outpace a more expensive UNIX workstation in overall price/performance. So why bother with UNIX at all?
Electronic Commerce and Security
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, a large corporation, or even a University, the optional Security and Commerce Toolkits for WebSTAR are the perfect solutions for secure connections and for selling your information, services and products on the Internet.
The Security Toolkit provides authentication and encryption using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to ensure that Web connections are completely private. This enables WebSTAR to verify the identity of the user, and to encrypt the data transmitted. The Commerce Toolkit also includes SSL, and adds support for commercial transactions via the First Virtual Internet Payment System(TM). Internet customers simply connect to the server and fill in an online order form. First Virtual automatically verifies the charge then notifies WebSTAR to complete the transaction. These toolkits are slated for release in September, 1995.
The Complete Internet Server Solution
WebSTAR is available in electronic form or as the WebSTAR CD-ROM Pack. Due out by the end of June, the WebSTAR CD-ROM will contain everything needed to create a complete Web site on any Macintosh, including:
System Requirements : WebSTAR requires a Macintosh Plus or greater with 4 or more megabytes of RAM, running System 7, MacTCP (provided) or OpenTransport.
WebSTAR ships with complete documentation in both HTML and PDF format. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it from Adobe.
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