Available Features
The following standard features can be easily added using Java Extensions:
- Light Weight Directory Access Protocol support: LDAP is an Internet protocol that provides access to the information on a server, usually to look up personal contact information and additional data such as encryption certificates, pointers to printers, etc.
- Active Directory support: Active Directory support provides authentication, authorization, and allows Administrators to apply policies to networks.
- RADIUS support: RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial in User Service) is a specialized Internet protocol used to control access to the network. It provides easy authentication, authorization, and accounting.
- SQL Database interface support: SQL is the standard programming language for querying and managing databases. It is supported by a number of software companies including Oracle and Microsoft.
- SOAP support: SOAP is a protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over computer networks, normally using HTTP or HTTPS. SOAP forms the foundation layer of the Web services protocol stack, providing a basic messaging framework upon which abstract layers can be built.
- TACACS support: Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System is an authentication protocol, mostly used in UNIX-like systems, that allows encrypted communication with a remote server.
- Threading: Java code that can run in the background, not just as a request-response code.
- UDP communication: User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is an Internet protocol that allows programs located on networked computers to communicate with other computers. UDP generates messages that are sometimes referred to as datagrams.
- Advanced XML and HTML processing: XML provides the gateway for advanced formatting and data-exchanging between different types of devices.
- Persistence of resources between requests: Resource persistence is linked with session persistence and is offered as a standard feature. See the Virtual Traffic Manager: User’s Guide for more information about maintaining persistence between requests.
- Sessions using cookies: Cookies are an easy way to identify the user, provide customization, and allow for session persistence, when needed.