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Portal server secure remote access architecture, Sra gateway, Chapter 2 – Sun Microsystems Portal Server 6 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: