Jigsaw features list

The list of implemented features is split into the following categories:

Protocol

PICS support (both as a bureau, and as being able to serve labels with documents)

HTTPResource, the basic description of a resource object. Implements persistency and meta-description,
DirectoryResource, the basic resource class for exporting file-system directories,
FileResource, the basic resource class for exporting files (optionally supports the PUT method),
NegotiatedResource, handles negotiation among a set of variants resources (terminology mismatch here)
PostableResource, handles the HTML form's POST method
FormResource, a high level interface to HTML forms (include field validation, form cards, etc)
CvsDirectoryResource, a form based interface to CVS
CgiResource, handles CGI scripts
PassDirectory, emulates the PASS rule of the CERN server (i.e. it is able to server a file directory which is outside of the normal scope of the server's space directory).

DebugFilter, allows you to debug the target resource by dumping incoming requests and outgoing replies.
AccessLimitFilter, limits the number of simultaneous access to its target resource.
ProcessFilter, filters the reply stream through any process
GenericAuthFilter, handles IP authentication, along with optional Basic or MD5 (to be reintegrated).
CounterFilter, allows you to count the number of a hits to a particular area, or a particular resource.

Anselm Baird-Smith
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