Patent ID: 6393477
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
Method for operating an administration server, comprising the steps of:starting said administration server; reading and parsing an administration server instance file; starting a main administration thread with any override parameters read from said server instance file; reading and parsing administration server read-only and read-write configuration files; building a rules list from configuration files directives; for all server attributes in said configuration files, setting up any required error, logging and alarm threads; and setting up worker threads; connecting to a socket specified in configuration files, override parameters from attributes file, or services table; waiting in an accept loop for a next browser request at said socket; upon receiving a browser request, passing a socket descriptor to a worker thread; reading said browser request and applying said rules list to said browser request and, upon a first match, selectively processing an applicable protect, pass, fail, execute or map rule to generate an output; returning said output to said browser; closing the connection to said socket; and returning said worker thread to a worker thread pool.