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284 Managing Servers with Netscape Console • December 2001
Configuration Administrator The person who can manage all resources in the
Netscape Console navigation tree. For more information, see “Administrators” on
page 93.
Configuration Administrators group A static group whose members have
unrestricted access to the configuration directory. The group is stored in the
configuration directory under the following DN:
ou=Groups, ou=TopologyManagement, o=NetscapeRoot
configuration directory
Typically, a subtree of a directory containing application
and server configuration information. In large deployments, the configuration
directory can be a separate instance of Directory Server.
connection restrictions Rules that specify which hosts are allowed to connect to
an instance of Administration Server.
CRL See certificate revocation list (CRL).
crypto card See Fortezza crypto card.
cryptographic algorithm See cipher.
decryption The unscrambling of data that has been encrypted. See also
encryption.
Directory Server gateway A collection of HTML forms that allows a browser to
perform LDAP client functions, such as querying and accessing an instance of
Directory Server.
distinguished name String representation of an entry’s location in an LDAP
directory. Every distinguished name is unique.
DN See distinguished name
DNS Domain Name System. The system used by machines on a network to
associate standard IP addresses (such as 172.17.66.98) with host names (such as
www.netscape.com). Machines typically get the IP address for a hostname from a
DNS server, or they look it up in tables maintained on their systems.
dynamic group A group into which members are automatically added based on
their DN attributes.