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--- cgi [2007/09/25 21:14] – created roumani
+++ cgi [2008/01/23 21:34] (current) – roumani
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 ====== CGI ======
-This lecture covers the CGI protocol. This includes the protocol itself, how to build CGI handlers in a variety of languages, and issues relating to reliability, efficiency, and session management.
+This lecture covers the Common Gateway Interface protocol. This includes the protocol itself, how to build CGI handlers in a variety of languages, and issues relating to reliability, efficiency, and session management.
 ===== Outline =====
-  * The web server and the CGI handler: impersonation and I/O
+  * The web server and the CGI handler in //four// steps: detection/launch, impersonation, environment vars, and I/O.
   * CGI handlers in shell script, C, and Java
   * Processes and threads, reliability, and efficiency
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   * Server-side scripting in PHP
   * Session management and tracking
 ===== To Do =====
-  * R
+  * Do [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/warp/labs/lab2.htm|Lab-2]]. Use the //Discussion Group// if you encounter problems.
-  *
+  * As you learn Perl or PHP from a book or from one of the resources in the //Resources// pages, add a contribution to the corresponding //Our Own Wiki// page (under //Resources//). You are asked to add one, and only one, section that captures one idea. Start it with a header title.