Chapter 2
Portal Server Secure Remote Access Architecture
This chapter describes the Sun Java™ System Portal Server Secure Remote Access (SRA) architecture.
You administer the configuration information through the Access Manager administration console.
This chapter describes the following SRA components:
•SRA Gateway
•Netlet
•Netlet Proxy
•NetFile
•Rewriter
•Rewriter Proxy
•Proxylet
SRA Gateway
The SRA Gateway is a standalone Java process that can be considered to be stateless, since state information can be rebuilt transparently to the end user. The Gateway listens on configured ports to accept HTTP and HTTPS requests. Upon receiving a request, the Gateway checks session validity and header information to determine the type of request. Depending on the type of request, the Gateway performs the following:
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