From debby@MIT.EDU Mon May 11 16:32:12 1998 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by life.ai.mit.edu (8.8.8/AI1.22/ai.master.life:1.23) with SMTP id QAA29719; Mon, 11 May 1998 16:32:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from MIT.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA22508; Mon, 11 May 98 16:30:32 EDT Received: from CWISTY.MIT.EDU by MIT.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA23744; Mon, 11 May 98 16:30:29 EDT Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 16:34:03 -0400 To: wa@MIT.EDU From: Debby Levinson Subject: Integrating web servers and databases Status: R Content-Length: 2979 Hi everyone, The next I/T Integration seminar is on a topic that should be near and dear to many of us: integrating a database with a web server. You can receive notices of these seminars directly by subscribing to itit-public@mit.edu as described below. > > Date Place Speakers Topic > ------ ------------- --------------- -------------------------------- > May 19 Marlar Lounge Jim Repa & Implementing a Web server to > (37-252) Steve Neiterman read or update info. in a > database > >A Web server can be used as a front-end for displaying information from >a database or even collecting information to be stored in a database. >Using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) to encrypt data between the Web server >and browser, and using X.509 certificates to authenticate users, it is >possible to build a secure interface that is available to a large >community without installing application-specific software on each >person's workstation. For some applications, particularly where many >people need relatively infrequent access to changing data, a Web server >connected to a database may be the preferred solution. > >In next week's seminar, Steve Neiterman and Jim Repa will describe some >applications that have already been built at MIT using Web-based access >to information in a database. The speakers will not try to make a single >recommendation for software, nor will they attempt to present a complete >survey of tools available. They will describe some techniques that have >already been used at MIT, and they will discuss some of the choices >that must be made by the developer. Finally, they will show some code >examples and list some hints and tips that may be useful to developers. > >The time for seminars will be 12 noon - 1:30. Lunch will be provided. >Currently, no other seminars are scheduled, but watch for future >announcements. > >This mailing list is itit-public. Members of the MIT community can use >the Athena 'mailmaint' command to add themselves to the list. > >For useful information on Lunchtime Seminars, see the following Web >pages: >--General information on the IT/IT Lunchtime Seminar series > http://web.mit.edu/is/integration/lunch.html >--Slides from Ted and Jeff's March talk on Java and JavaScript > http://web/is/integration/presentations/java-javascript_03101998/sld001.htm > >As always, feel free to contact any member of the IT Integration Team >with questions, concerns, or suggestions. Our E-mail address for >Lunchtime Seminar issues is: it-lunch@mit.edu. > > The IT Integration Team --debby ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Debby Levinson Electronic Publishing Consultant Campus Wide Information Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology debby@mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/debby/www/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------