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author | André Malo <nd@apache.org> | 2002-09-29 00:20:15 +0000 |
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committer | André Malo <nd@apache.org> | 2002-09-29 00:20:15 +0000 |
commit | 738e5e90ac283c1a2ced3edbcf54043d7f10f514 (patch) | |
tree | 39224456b99eb10418ee42b24a373f605f933d57 /docs/manual/glossary.xml | |
parent | de6ba802b940756c72f51c9b0fba08152ee3e4d7 (diff) | |
download | httpd-738e5e90ac283c1a2ced3edbcf54043d7f10f514.tar.gz |
- added two lacking definitions from old ssl_glossary
(algorithm and session)
- fixed some links
- changed example from whatever.com to example.com...
- little markup & style fine tuning
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@97010 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/glossary.xml b/docs/manual/glossary.xml index b835d05d40..825ef36f2c 100644 --- a/docs/manual/glossary.xml +++ b/docs/manual/glossary.xml @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ See: <a href="howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control</a></dd> +<dt><a name="algorithm">Algorithm</a></dt> +<dd>An unambiguous formula or set of rules for solving a problem in +a finite number of steps. Algorithms for encryption are usually called +<dfn>Ciphers</dfn>.</dd> + <dt><a name="apacheextensiontool">APache eXtension Tool</a> <a name="apxs">(apxs)</a></dt> <dd>A perl script that aids in compiling <a href="#module">module</a> sources into Dynamic Shared Objects (<a @@ -93,9 +98,9 @@ can be used to encapsulate other protocols, such as the SSL protocol.</dd> <dt><a name="context">Context</a></dt> <dd>An area in the <a -href="configurationfile">configuration files</a> where certain types -of <a href="directive">directives</a> are allowed.<br /> See: <a -href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Context">Terms +href="#configurationfile">configuration files</a> where certain types +of <a href="#directive">directives</a> are allowed.<br /> See: <a +href="mod/directive-dict.html#Context">Terms Used to Describe Apache Directives</a></dd> <dt><a name="digitalsignature">Digital Signature</a></dt> @@ -147,9 +152,8 @@ href="filter.html">Filters</a></dd> Domain-Name</a> <a name="fqdn">(FQDN)</a></dt> <dd>The unique name of a network entity, consisting of a hostname and a domain name that can resolve to an IP address. For example, <code>www</code> is a hostname, -<code>whatever.com</code> is a domain name, and -<code>www.whatever.com</code> is a fully-qualified domain name.<br -/><br /></dd> +<code>example.com</code> is a domain name, and +<code>www.example.com</code> is a fully-qualified domain name.</dd> <dt><a name="handler">Handler</a></dt> <dd>An internal Apache representation of the action to be performed when a file is @@ -183,8 +187,7 @@ See: <a href="configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></dd> Protocol</a> <a name="http">(HTTP)</a></dt> <dd>The standard transmission protocol used on the World Wide Web. Apache implements version 1.1 of the protocol, refered to as HTTP/1.1 and defined by <a -href="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a>.<br /><br -/></dd> +href="http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a>.</dd> <dt><a name="https">HTTPS</a></dt> <dd>The HyperText Transport Protocol (Secure), the standard encrypted @@ -195,8 +198,7 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a></dd> <dt><a name="method">Method</a></dt> <dd>In the context of <a href="#http">HTTP</a>, an action to perform on a resource, specified on the request line by the client. Some of the methods available in -HTTP are <code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, and <code>PUT</code>.<br -/><br /></dd> +HTTP are <code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, and <code>PUT</code>.</dd> <dt><a name="messagedigest">Message Digest</a></dt> <dd>A hash of a message, which can be used to verify that the contents of @@ -292,8 +294,7 @@ Apache uses Perl Compatible Regular Expressions provided by the <dt><a name="reverseproxy">Reverse Proxy</a></dt> <dd>A <a href="#proxy">proxy</a> server that appears to the client as if it is an <em>origin server</em>. This is useful to hide the real origin -server from the client for security reasons, or to load balance.<br -/><br /></dd> +server from the client for security reasons, or to load balance.</dd> <dt><a name="securesocketslayer">Secure Sockets Layer</a> <a name="ssl">(SSL)</a></dt> <dd>A protocol created by Netscape @@ -305,8 +306,10 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a></dd> <dt><a name="serversideincludes">Server Side Includes</a> <a name="ssi">(SSI)</a></dt> <dd>A technique for embedding processing directives inside HTML files.<br /> See: <a -href="howto/ssi.html">Introduction to Server Side Includes</a><br -/><br /></dd> +href="howto/ssi.html">Introduction to Server Side Includes</a></dd> + +<dt><a name="session">Session</a></dt> +<dd>The context information of a communication in general.</dd> <dt><a name="ssleay">SSLeay</a></dt> <dd>The original SSL/TLS implementation library developed by @@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a></dd> <dt><a name="uniformresourcelocator">Uniform Resource Locator</a> <a name="url">(URL)</a></dt> <dd>The name/address of a resource on the Internet. This is the common informal term for what is formally -called a <a href="#uniformresourcename">Uniform Resource +called a <a href="#uniformresourceidentifier">Uniform Resource Identifier</a>. URLs are usually made up of a scheme, like <code>http</code> or <code>https</code>, a hostname, and a path. A URL for this page is |