Sun Microsystems Netscape Enterprise Server, Administrator'S Manual

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Glossary
ACL
Access Control List. A mechanism for defining which users have access to your
server. You can define ACL rules that are specific to a particular file or
directory, granting or denying access to one or more users and groups.
admpw
The username and password file for the Enterprise Administrator Server
superuser.
agent
Software that runs the network-management software in a network device,
such as a router, host, or X terminal. See also intelligent agents.
authentication
Allows client to verify that they are connected to an SSL-enabled server,
preventing another computer from impersonating the server or attempting to
appear SSL-enabled when it isn’t.
authorization
The granting of access to an entire server or particular files and directories on
it. Authorization can be restricted by criteria including hostnames and IP
addresses.
browser
See client.
cache
A copy of original data that is stored locally. Cached data doesn’t have to be
retrieved from a remote server again when requested.
certification
authority
A third-party organization that issues digital files used for encrypted
transactions.
certificate
A nontransferable, nonforgeable, digital file issued from a third party that both
communicating parties already trust.
CGI
Common Gateway Interface. An interface by which external programs
communicate with the HTTP server. Programs that are written to use CGI are
called CGI programs or CGI scripts. CGI programs handle forms or parse
output the server does not normally handle or parse.
ciphertext
Information disguised by encryption, which only the intended recipient can
decrypt.
client
Software, such as Netscape Navigator, used to request and view World Wide
Web material. Also known as a browser program.