ITS has IIS (Internet Information Server) servers running these services:

• FrontPage 2000 extensions - Provide form handling, Access database connectivity, hover buttons, rotating ad banners, etc.

• ASP & ASP.NET - Ability to program web pages using either VB, VB Script or Javascript -

• SSL - Secure socket layers, a way of ensuring that communications sent to the web server from users are secure and encrypted.

• FTP - File transfer protocol

• Nau Auth - Ability to use NAU authentication services to ensure your website is viewed only by authorized personnel.

• Acrobat FDF Toolkit - A threadsafe Application Programming Interface (API) for writing server-side applications that generate or parse FDF files, such as those created by using Acrobat Forms.

• Cold Fusion - Scripting tags on web pages that provide connectivity to Oracle databases - available only on www6.

• CDO - Ability to provide user feedback via email, either using FrontPage extensions or via ASP code.

The IIS servers are oak, pine, www4, and www4dev. Oak is used for faculty and staff personal accounts; pine is used for student personal accounts. www4dev is used by departments to create, test, and refine a website; pages on www4dev are not intended to be available to the general Internet public, although it is still the developer's responsibility to secure the web pages if they contain sensitive data.

When the website is completed, it is then published to www4; pages on www4 are open to the whole Internet. If you would like to request an account, use the online form.

For more information about the listed services, see our main list on the Web Developer's Hub.

ITS has Apache web servers running these services:

• CGI Scripting - Ability to program web pages using PERL or other scripting languages.

• CGI Email - Ability to provide user feedback via email.

• Nau Auth - Ability to use NAU authentication services to ensure your website is viewed only by authorized personnel.

• PHP 4 - Web page programming language

• FTP - File transfer protocol

• JServ for servlets - Allows you to use Java servelets on your web pages.

The Apache servers are Jan/www2 and Dana. Jan and www2 are two different names for the same machine.  jan.ucc.nau.edu is used for personal sites, and www2.nau.edu is used for departmental web accounts. Faculty and staff are given a Jan web account when their email account is created. If you are interested in obtaining a departmental web account, use the online form.

The Apache server which hosts student web sites is Dana. Students may access their web site files via FTP or by modifying files on their W: drives.

For more information about the listed services, see our main list on the Web Developer's Hub.