Installation guide

GSS-API

Generic Security Services. T he generic access protocol that is the native way for UNIX-based

systems to access and authenticate Kerberos services; also supports session encryption.

hostname

A name for a machine in the form machine.domain.dom, which is translated into an IP address.

For example, www.exam ple.com is the machine www in the subdomain exam ple 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 T ransfer Protocol. T he method for exchanging information between HT T P servers

and clients.

HTTPD

An abbreviation for the HT T P 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.