Glossary - Sun Microsystems Netscape Enterprise Server Administrator's Manual

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

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