Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 - PLUG-IN Manual page 609

browser Software, such as Netscape Navigator, used to request and view World
Wide Web material stored as HTML files. The browser uses the HTTP protocol to
communicate with the host server.
browsing index Also virtual view index. Speeds up the display of entries in the
Directory Server Console. Browsing indexes can be created on any branchpoint in
the directory tree to improve display performance.
CA See Certificate Authority.
cascading replication In a cascading replication scenario, one server, often called
the hub supplier, acts both as a consumer and a supplier for a particular replica. It
holds a read-only replica and maintains a change log. It receives updates from the
supplier server that holds the master copy of the data and in turn supplies those
updates to the consumer.
certificate A collection of data that associates the public keys of a network user
with their DN in the directory. The certificate is stored in the directory as user
object attributes.
Certificate Authority Company or organization that sells and issues
authentication certificates. You may purchase an authentication certificate from a
Certification Authority that you trust. Also known as a CA.
CGI Common Gateway Interface. An interface for external programs to
communicate with the HTTP server. Programs written to use CGI are called CGI
programs or CGI scripts and can be written in many of the common programming
languages. CGI programs handle forms or perform output parsing that is not done
by the server itself.
chaining A method for relaying requests to another server. Results for the
request are collected, compiled, and then returned to the client.
change log A change log is a record that describes the modifications that have
occurred on a replica. The supplier server then replays these modifications on the
replicas stored on consumer servers or on other suppliers, in the case of
multi-master replication.
character type Distinguishes alphabetic characters from numeric or other
characters and the mapping of upper-case to lower-case letters.
ciphertext Encrypted information that cannot be read by anyone without the
proper key to decrypt the information.
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