Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 371

simple index The opposite of fancy indexing—this type of directory listing
displays only the names of the files without any graphical elements.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol.
SOCKS Firewall software that establishes a connection from inside a firewall to
the outside when direct connection would otherwise be prevented by the firewall
software or hardware (for example, the router configuration).
soft restart A way to restart the server that causes the server to internally restart,
that is, reread its configuration files. A soft restart sends the process the HUP signal
(signal number one). The process itself does not die, as it does in a hard restart.
SSL Secure Sockets Layer. A software library establishing a secure connection
between two parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the secure
version of HTTP.
SSL authentication Confirms users' identities with security certificates by using
the information in the client certificate as proof of identity, or verifying a client
certificate published in an LDAP directory.
strftime A function that converts a date and a time to a string. It's used by the
server when appending trailers. strftime has a special format language for the
date and time that the server can use in a trailer to illustrate a file's last-modified
date.
superuser (UNIX) The most privileged user available on UNIX machines (also
called root). The superuser has complete access privileges to all files on the
machine.
sym-links (UNIX) Abbreviation for symbolic links, which is a type of redirection
used by the UNIX operating system. Sym-links let you create a pointer from one
part of your file system to an existing file or directory on another part of the file
system.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The main network
protocol for the Internet and for enterprise (company) networks.
telnet A protocol where two machines on the network are connected to each
other and support terminal emulation for remote login.
timeout A specified time after which the server should give up trying to finish a
service routine that appears hung.
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