* The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite is the first book devoted to mastering mod_rewrite, Apache's most powerful (and confusing) module.

* It is authored by noted Apache expert and Apache Software Foundation member Rich Bowen, who draws on several years of extensive experience administering the Apache server as well as speaking and writing regularly on the topic.

* This book covers all matters pertinent to mod_rewrite: installation and configuration, basic and conditional rewrites, access control, maintaining virtual hosts, and proxying.