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diff --git a/www/web500gw/pkg/DESCR b/www/web500gw/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..da38b187276 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/web500gw/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +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. |