Helicon Ape

Here's the list of modules currently supported in Helicon Ape:

• mod_asis - sends files that contain their own HTTP headers
• mod_auth_basic - enables HTTP Basic Authentication functionality
• mod_auth_digest - enables MD5 Digest Authentication functionality
• mod_authn_anon - configures anonymous users access to authenticated areas
• mod_authn_dbd - provides authentication based on user look-up in SQL database
• mod_authn_default - rejects whatever credentials if no authentication is set
• mod_authn_file - provides authentication based on user look-up in plain text password file
• mod_authz_default - rejects any authorization request if no authentication is configured
• mod_authz_groupfile - allows or denies access to particular areas of the site depending on user group membership
• mod_authz_host - allows access control to particular parts of web server based on hostname, IP address or other characteristics of the client request
• mod_authz_user - allows or denies access to portions of the web site for authenticated users
• mod_cache - allows caching local or proxied content
• mod_core - provides the use of Helicon Ape core features
• mod_dbd - allows managing of SQL database connections
• mod_deflate - enables server output compression
• mod_developer - brings extensive requests debugging functionality
• mod_disk_cache - allows the use of disk-based storage engine for mod_cache
• mod_env - grants control over the environment provided to CGI scripts and SSI pages
• mod_evasive - protects your site(s) from HTTP DoS/DDoS attacks and brute force attacks
• mod_expires - sets Expires HTTP header and max-age directive of Cache-Control HTTP header in server responses in relation to either the time the source file was last modified, or to the time of the client access
• mod_filter - allows the use of context-sensitive content filters
• mod_gzip - offers HTTP responses compression
• mod_headers - modifies HTTP request and response headers
• mod_hotlink - protects the content from hotlinking
• mod_linkfreeze - changes links on pages to SEO-friendly format
• mod_log_config - enables custom logging
• mod_logio - logs input and output number of bytes received/sent per request
• mod_mem_cache - allows the use memory-based storage engine for mod_cache
• mod_mime - associates requested filename's extensions with the file's behavior (handlers and filters) and content (mime-type, language, character set and encoding)
• mod_proxy - grants forward and reverse proxy functionality
• mod_replace - allows editing of HTML body, HTTP request and response headers
• mod_rewrite - rewrites requested URLs on the fly based on regular-expressions-based rules and various conditions
• mod_setenvif - sets environment variables depending on whether different parts of the request match specified regular expressions
• mod_so - emulates loading modules functions
• mod_speling - corrects misspelled URLs by performing case-insensitive checks and allowing one misspelling
• mod_usertrack - tracks and logs user activity on the site using cookies[4]

Helicon Ape was designed specifically to benefit from all advantages of IIS 7 architecture, so 100% operability is ensured only on IIS 7 and higher (Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2).[5] On IIS6 (Windows Server 2003), Helicon Ape offers slightly limited functionality (see compatibility chart).[6]

There are three license types available for Helicon Ape:

• Free - for up to 3 sites; costs nothing
• Per-site - for one extra site; costs $25
• Server - for unlimited number of sites; costs $95; includes 45-day Trial period.[7]

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