Helicon Ape

Helicon Ape

Helicon Ape Manager
Developer(s)	Helicon Tech
Stable release	3.0.0.56 / 22 November 2010
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Web server
License	Proprietary
Website	http://www.helicontech.com/ape/

Helicon Ape is the piece of software by Helicon Tech destined to introduce Apache functionality on IIS web servers. Helicon Ape is realized as an ASP.NET module for IIS 7 (and higher), implementing functionality of more than 35 Apache modules, that allows using Apache configurations (leaving syntax intact) on IIS and extend standard IIS capabilities.^[1]

Aside from realization of Apache modules Helicon Ape possesses some proprietary modules for server-side debugging and profiling (mod_developer), SEO optimization (mod_linkfreeze) and hotlinking protection (mod_hotlink).^[2]

Helicon Ape has a GUI interface (see the screenshot) that allows easy configs editing (directives auto-completion and spell-check features supported) and browsing, includes a regular expressions tester and a password generation utility.^[3]

Modules

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 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]

Compatibility

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]

License

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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