NIST Special Publication 800 44 

Guidelines on Securing Public

Web Servers 

Recommendations of the National  

Institute of Standards and Technology

Miles Tracy, Wayne Jansen, and Mark McLarnon  

C  O  M  P  U  T  E  R      S  E  C  U  R  I  T  Y

Computer Security Division 

Information Technology Laboratory 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899 8930 

 September

 2002 

U.S. Department of Commerce

Donald L. Evans, Secretary 

Technology Administration

Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretary for Technology 

 National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director 

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