SitePoint has a new article today for all of you out there really concerned about the security of your Apache web server (and everyone else, who should be concerned anyway). In Hardening Apache - A Conversation with the Author, Blane Warrene dives into the book mentioned above and talks with the author, Tony Mobily, to ask some questions.

Some of the sample chapters include: Secure installation and configuration, Cross-site scripting attacks, Apache in jail, and Automating security. They talk about how Tony got into the Apache world, and why he wanted to create this guide for everyone out there.

From the start, Mobily requests the patience of the reader as he covers an element of security that's not always foremost in an administrator's mind: the validity of a download and a lean, clean installation. [...] Mobily goes beyond the usual MD5 checksum and delivers a primer on the use of GnuPG for the verification of a file even when it's downloaded from an authorized source (in consideration of the possible site and source file hack).