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  10.           +o The FastTrack Server 3.03 now comes with the
  11.             Administration Server 3.52 which makes it Year 2000
  12.             compliant. This release, in companion with IRIX 6.5.5,
  13.             finalize the Year 2000 compliancy for IRIX.
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  15.           +o The Netscape FastTrack 3.03 server now runs with a
  16.             wwwwaaaattttcccchhhhddddoooogggg process called uuuuxxxxwwwwddddoooogggg. If you need to manually
  17.             restart the server processes, you must kkkkiiiillllllll this uuuuxxxxwwwwddddoooogggg
  18.             process first or it will respawn the nnnnssss----hhhhttttttttppppdddd
  19.             processes.
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  21.           +o The Netscape FastTrack 3.03 server now includes the
  22.             performance enhancement changes provided by the Silicon
  23.             Graphics Everest Initiative.
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  25.             We profiled its performance in certain key areas,
  26.             including static file caching, access logging, and CGI
  27.             spawning, and rewrote or reordered sections to increase
  28.             the web server's speed and reduce its latency. We
  29.             increased its scalability by eliminating unnecessary
  30.             locking.
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  32.             To achieve world-record web server performance, you
  33.             will need to fine tune your system and software for the
  34.             application environment. You will find the HTML-based
  35.             SGI Web Performance Tuning Guide at
  36.             ////vvvvaaaarrrr////wwwwwwwwwwww////hhhhttttddddooooccccssss////SSSSGGGGIIII____ttttuuuunnnniiiinnnngggg////iiiinnnnddddeeeexxxx....hhhhttttmmmmllll.
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  38.           +o The pre-configured FastTrack server is now named
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  42.           +o All instances of FastTrack servers are now
  43.             automatically re-configured if fundamental system
  44.             information changes, i.e., hostname, IP address, domain
  45.             name.
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  47.           +o The following server mmmmiiiimmmmeeee....ttttyyyyppppeeee changes were made for
  48.             compatibility with the Netscape Server's mmmmiiiimmmmeeee....ttttyyyyppppeeeessss
  49.             files:
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  51.                +o application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig suffix changed
  52.                  from .pac to .proxy
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  54.                +o application/x-framemaker was changed to
  55.                  application/x-maker and it's suffixes no longer
  56.                  support .doc - .doc now means application/msword
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  74.                +o application/x-insight no longer supports .ins as a
  75.                  suffix, .ins now means application/x-NET-Install
  76.  
  77.           +o The following mmmmaaaaggggnnnnuuuussss....ccccoooonnnnffff changes were made with
  78.             performance enhancements in mind. For more information
  79.             on each of these settings, please refer to the SGI Web
  80.             Performance Tuning Guide described above.
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  82.                +o The performance statistics files
  83.                  (////ttttmmmmpppp////ddddaaaaeeeemmmmoooonnnnssssttttaaaatttt****) are disabled by the directive
  84.                  _D_e_a_m_o_n_S_t_a_t_s _o_f_f.
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  86.                +o Server termination checking which is no longer
  87.                  needed in this version, is disabled by the
  88.                  directive _A_c_c_e_p_t_T_i_m_e_o_u_t _3_0_0_0_0.
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  90.                +o The idle timeout, the period of inactivity since
  91.                  the last request, is set to 2 minutes by the
  92.                  directive _L_o_g_F_l_u_s_h_I_d_l_e _1_2_0.
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  94.                +o The Access Control feature is disabled by removing
  95.                  the _A_C_L_F_i_l_e directive. If you manually add ACLs
  96.                  without going thru the Administration Server, you
  97.                  must also manually create the line.
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  99.                  AAAACCCCLLLLFFFFiiiilllleeee ////vvvvaaaarrrr////nnnneeeettttssssccccaaaappppeeee////ffffaaaassssttttttttrrrraaaacccckkkk////hhhhttttttttppppaaaaccccllll////ggggeeeennnneeeerrrraaaatttteeeedddd....hhhhttttttttppppdddd----<<<<hhhhoooossssttttnnnnaaaammmmeeee>>>>....aaaaccccllll
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  101.           +o The following oooobbbbjjjj....ccccoooonnnnffff changes were made with
  102.             performance enhancements in mind. For more information
  103.             on each of these settings, please refer to the SGI Web
  104.             Performance Tuning Guide described above.
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  106.                +o Server access logging is now using _c_o_m_m_o_n _l_o_g_g_i_n_g
  107.                  with the directive _I_n_i_t _f_n=_i_n_i_t-_c_l_f. The default
  108.                  logging mechanism was _f_l_e_x _l_o_g_g_i_n_g but it was
  109.                  configured to mimic _c_o_m_m_o_n _l_o_g_g_i_n_g. If you wish to
  110.                  switch back to _f_l_e_x _l_o_g_g_i_n_g, simply comment out
  111.                  the directive above and uncomment the directive
  112.                  _I_n_i_t _f_n=_f_l_e_x-_i_n_i_t.
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  114.                +o Server access logs only keep the IP address of the
  115.                  incoming host. This is done by the directive
  116.                  _A_d_d_L_o_g _f_n=_c_o_m_m_o_n-_l_o_g _n_a_m_e=_a_c_c_e_s_s _i_p_o_n_l_y=_1. The
  117.                  default logging mechanism used the directive
  118.                  _A_d_d_L_o_g _f_n=_f_l_e_x-_l_o_g _n_a_m_e="_a_c_c_e_s_s". If you wish to
  119.                  switch back to _f_l_e_x _l_o_g_g_i_n_g, be sure to change
  120.                  this parameter as well.
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  122.           +o The FastTrack Server is no longer licensed.
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  140.           +o The following products are now dependent upon the the
  141.             Netscape FastTrack server running on port 80 and in
  142.             particular on its document root being ////vvvvaaaarrrr////wwwwwwwwwwww////hhhhttttddddooooccccssss.
  143.             Depending upon the product, all or some of its
  144.             functionality may be lost.
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  146.                +o EZSetup
  147.  
  148.                +o Outbox
  149.  
  150.                +o InfoSearch
  151.  
  152.                +o Welcome
  153.  
  154.                +o Dynaweb
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  156.                +o SoftWindows2
  157.  
  158.                +o Register
  159.  
  160.                +o Websetup
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  162.                +o Gateway
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  164.                +o Intranet Junction
  165.             Therefore take great care in changing this
  166.             configuration or removing the server.
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