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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