Portal Server Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Identity Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Portal Server Software Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Software Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Software Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Compatibility With Java Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
A Typical Portal Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 2 Portal Server Secure Remote Access Architecture | 37 |
SRA Gateway | 37 |
Multiple Gateway Instances | 38 |
Multiple Portal Server Instances | 38 |
Proxy Configuration | 39 |
Gateway and HTTP Basic Authentication | 39 |
Gateway and SSL Support | 39 |
Gateway Access Control | 40 |
Gateway Logging | 41 |
Using Accelerators with the Gateway | 41 |
Netlet | 41 |
Static and Dynamic Port Applications | 41 |
Netlet and Application Integration | 43 |
Split Tunneling | 43 |
Netlet Proxy | 44 |
NetFile | 44 |
Components | 44 |
Initialization | 45 |
Validating Credentials | 45 |
Access Control | 46 |
Security | 46 |
Special Operations | 46 |
NetFile and Multithreading | 47 |
Rewriter | 47 |
Rewriter Proxy | 48 |
Proxylet | 49 |
Chapter 3 Identifying and Evaluating Your Business and Technical Requirements | 51 |
Business Objectives | 51 |
Technical Goals | 53 |
Mapping Portal Server Features to Your Business Needs | 54 |
Identity Management | 54 |
SRA | 56 |
Search Engine | 57 |
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