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diff --git a/www/web500gw/DESCR b/www/web500gw/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..927560959da --- /dev/null +++ b/www/web500gw/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +A gateway that connects WWW browsers to LDAP based directories. + +Web500gw expects HTTP requests from a WWW browser on a TCP port +(usually 8888). Depending on the requested URL web500gw performs +read/search/modify/add/delete requests to the Directory and sends HTML +pages back to the browser. Web500gw uses the LDAPv2 protocol to talk +to a Directory server. It is able to work with a Standalone LDAP +server (like UMich/OpenLDAP slapd or Netscape LDAP product) and with +an LDAP Frontend to an X.500 Directory System Agent. |