Sun Microsystems 2005Q1 Server User Manual


 
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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: