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gateway See Directory Server Gateway.
general access When granted, indicates that all authenticated users can
access directory information.
GSS-API Generic Security Services. The generic access protocol that is
the native way for UNIX-based systems to access and
authenticate Kerberos services; also supports session
encryption.
H
hostname A name for a machine in the form machine.domain.dom, which
is translated into an IP address. For example,
www.example.com is the machine www in the subdomain
example and com domain.
HTML Hypertext Markup Language. The formatting language used for
documents on the World Wide Web. HTML files are plain text
files with formatting codes that tell browsers such as the
Mozilla Firefox how to display text, position graphics, and form
items and to display links to other pages.
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The method for exchanging
information between HTTP servers and clients.
HTTPD An abbreviation for the HTTP daemon or service, a program
that serves information using the HTTP protocol. The daemon
or service is often called an httpd.
HTTPS A secure version of HTTP, implemented using the Secure
Sockets Layer, SSL.
hub In the context of replication, a server that holds a replica that is
copied from a different server, and, in turn, replicates it to a
third server.
See Also cascading replication.
I
ID list scan limit A size limit which is globally applied to any indexed search
operation. When the size of an individual ID list reaches this
limit, the server replaces that ID list with an all IDs token.
index key Each index that the directory uses is composed of a table of
index keys and matching entry ID lists.
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