IBM AS/400e

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AS/400e Advanced Technology
functionality that allows for greater flexibility in establishing a Web presence. The IBM HTTP
Server performs a variety of functions:
• Acts as a repository for Web pages created with HTML
• Handles the transfer of documents requested from a browser with HTTP
• Supports SSL security protocols for data encryption and server certificate
authorization (HTTPS) when combined with one of the Cryptographic Access Provider
Licensed Programs
• Client authentication using SSL Version 3 through the support of digital certificates
• Allows Web serving from multiple IP addresses on a single HTTP Server
• Provides an application interface with Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
• Recognizes and presents different documents based on the Web browser used
through automatic browser detection
• Allows control of access and error logs
• Provides easy-to-use HTML forms for configuring and administering the server
• Allows multiple servers within the same AS/400e to balance workload, content,
production, and test
• Allows you to restrict access based on user name and password or the address of the
requester
• Support for server APIs that allow the user to extend or customize how the HTTP
Server handles client requests
• Integrates AS/400e security into the Web
• Socks support and SSL Tunneling to improve performance when a proxy server is
used
• Add performance enhancements, so you have the functionality and security that your
business needs
With the introduction of V4R4, the IBM HTTP Server for AS/400e receives several
management and performance enhancements:
• SNMP Subagent support, which allows Web server statistics to be forwarded to an
SNMP network manager upon request.
• Enhanced log reporting, which provides the ability to define, generate, view, and
maintain reports using a graphical interface based on report templates.
• Support of the new standard Extended Log File Format has been included to allow
more data to be saved in the access log files. More control over the data stored in
these files is also provided.