HP-UX NSA HTTP B.11.23.01.01 Release Notes

What’s in this Version

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What’s in this Version

NSA HTTP B.11.23.01.01 includes the following new features:

• Support for HP-UX 11i version 2 (HP-UX 11.23)

• Virtual Web server support

• Optional binary format logging

• Utility to convert binary format log files to ASCII Common Log Format (CLF), a de facto

industry standard used by many Web server vendors

NSA HTTP Components

HP-UX NSA HTTP includes the following components:

• Administrative Utility (nsahttp)

• Configuration File (/etc/rc.config.d/nsahttpconf)

•Startup Script (/sbin/init.d/nsahttp)

• Dynamically Loadable Kernel Module (DLKM, nsad)

Administrative Utility (nsahttp)

HP-UX NSA HTTP provides the nsahttp administrative utility. This utility can display

statistics about NSA HTTP performance, list the TCP ports registered to use NSA HTTP, and

display other configuration and statistical information. This includes:

• The total number of TCP connection requests received for the registered NSA HTTP ports.

• The number of HTTP cache hits, which corresponds to the number of HTTP GET requests

that NSA HTTP serviced from its cache.

• The number of HTTP cache misses, which corresponds to the number of HTTP GET

requests that NSA HTTP could not service from its cache.

• The current size of the HTTP cache in bytes.