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3. _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__a_n_d__A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s
+o The FastTrack Server 3.03 now comes with the
Administration Server 3.52 which makes it Year 2000
compliant. This release, in companion with IRIX 6.5.5,
finalize the Year 2000 compliancy for IRIX.
+o The Netscape FastTrack 3.03 server now runs with a
wwwwaaaattttcccchhhhddddoooogggg process called uuuuxxxxwwwwddddoooogggg. If you need to manually
restart the server processes, you must kkkkiiiillllllll this uuuuxxxxwwwwddddoooogggg
process first or it will respawn the nnnnssss----hhhhttttttttppppdddd
processes.
+o The Netscape FastTrack 3.03 server now includes the
performance enhancement changes provided by the Silicon
Graphics Everest Initiative.
We profiled its performance in certain key areas,
including static file caching, access logging, and CGI
spawning, and rewrote or reordered sections to increase
the web server's speed and reduce its latency. We
increased its scalability by eliminating unnecessary
locking.
To achieve world-record web server performance, you
will need to fine tune your system and software for the
application environment. You will find the HTML-based
SGI Web Performance Tuning Guide at
////vvvvaaaarrrr////wwwwwwwwwwww////hhhhttttddddooooccccssss////SSSSGGGGIIII____ttttuuuunnnniiiinnnngggg////iiiinnnnddddeeeexxxx....hhhhttttmmmmllll.
+o The pre-configured FastTrack server is now named
////vvvvaaaarrrr////nnnneeeettttssssccccaaaappppeeee////ffffaaaassssttttttttrrrraaaacccckkkk////hhhhttttttttppppdddd----<<<<hhhhoooossssttttnnnnaaaammmmeeee>>>> rather than
////uuuussssrrrr////nnnnssss----hhhhoooommmmeeee////hhhhttttttttppppdddd----<<<<hhhhoooossssttttnnnnaaaammmmeeee>>>>.
+o All instances of FastTrack servers are now
automatically re-configured if fundamental system
information changes, i.e., hostname, IP address, domain
name.
+o The following server mmmmiiiimmmmeeee....ttttyyyyppppeeee changes were made for
compatibility with the Netscape Server's mmmmiiiimmmmeeee....ttttyyyyppppeeeessss
files:
+o application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig suffix changed
from .pac to .proxy
+o application/x-framemaker was changed to
application/x-maker and it's suffixes no longer
support .doc - .doc now means application/msword
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+o application/x-insight no longer supports .ins as a
suffix, .ins now means application/x-NET-Install
+o The following mmmmaaaaggggnnnnuuuussss....ccccoooonnnnffff changes were made with
performance enhancements in mind. For more information
on each of these settings, please refer to the SGI Web
Performance Tuning Guide described above.
+o The performance statistics files
(////ttttmmmmpppp////ddddaaaaeeeemmmmoooonnnnssssttttaaaatttt****) are disabled by the directive
_D_e_a_m_o_n_S_t_a_t_s _o_f_f.
+o Server termination checking which is no longer
needed in this version, is disabled by the
directive _A_c_c_e_p_t_T_i_m_e_o_u_t _3_0_0_0_0.
+o The idle timeout, the period of inactivity since
the last request, is set to 2 minutes by the
directive _L_o_g_F_l_u_s_h_I_d_l_e _1_2_0.
+o The Access Control feature is disabled by removing
the _A_C_L_F_i_l_e directive. If you manually add ACLs
without going thru the Administration Server, you
must also manually create the line.
AAAACCCCLLLLFFFFiiiilllleeee ////vvvvaaaarrrr////nnnneeeettttssssccccaaaappppeeee////ffffaaaassssttttttttrrrraaaacccckkkk////hhhhttttttttppppaaaaccccllll////ggggeeeennnneeeerrrraaaatttteeeedddd....hhhhttttttttppppdddd----<<<<hhhhoooossssttttnnnnaaaammmmeeee>>>>....aaaaccccllll
+o The following oooobbbbjjjj....ccccoooonnnnffff changes were made with
performance enhancements in mind. For more information
on each of these settings, please refer to the SGI Web
Performance Tuning Guide described above.
+o Server access logging is now using _c_o_m_m_o_n _l_o_g_g_i_n_g
with the directive _I_n_i_t _f_n=_i_n_i_t-_c_l_f. The default
logging mechanism was _f_l_e_x _l_o_g_g_i_n_g but it was
configured to mimic _c_o_m_m_o_n _l_o_g_g_i_n_g. If you wish to
switch back to _f_l_e_x _l_o_g_g_i_n_g, simply comment out
the directive above and uncomment the directive
_I_n_i_t _f_n=_f_l_e_x-_i_n_i_t.
+o Server access logs only keep the IP address of the
incoming host. This is done by the directive
_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
default logging mechanism used the directive
_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
switch back to _f_l_e_x _l_o_g_g_i_n_g, be sure to change
this parameter as well.
+o The FastTrack Server is no longer licensed.
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+o The following products are now dependent upon the the
Netscape FastTrack server running on port 80 and in
particular on its document root being ////vvvvaaaarrrr////wwwwwwwwwwww////hhhhttttddddooooccccssss.
Depending upon the product, all or some of its
functionality may be lost.
+o EZSetup
+o Outbox
+o InfoSearch
+o Welcome
+o Dynaweb
+o SoftWindows2
+o Register
+o Websetup
+o Gateway
+o Intranet Junction
Therefore take great care in changing this
configuration or removing the server.