Configuring Peer Web Services in a Given Situation

Configuring Peer Web Services in a Given Situation

Peer Web Services (PWS) gives users the ability to publish information on private intranets. PWS includes capabilities for hypertext documents, interactive web applications, and client/server applications and is optimized for use as a small scale web server. PWS supports the following industry standard Internet services:

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Used for the creation and navigation of hypertext documents.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Used to transfer files between TCP/IP hosts.
Gopher. A hierarchical indexing system that identifies files in directories to make searching for data easier.

PWS also supports Microsoft’s Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI). You can use ISAPI to create interactive web-based applications that enable users to access and enter data into web pages.

Internet Information Server (IIS), which is included with Windows NT Server 4.0, should be deployed for larger scale requirements.

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