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NetCloak

User's Guide


"Dynamic Web Sites...

...No Programming Required"


What is NetCloak

NetCloak is a Macintosh-based Web server add-on tool that lets you create dynamic HTML pages.

NetCloak runs in conjunction with your Web server software and allows you to improve security, simplify site development and maintenance, and control exactly how a page looks to an individual client.

With NetCloak, you can create dynamic HTML documents that change "on the fly." You will be able to show and hide portions of your HTML documents using a variety of different criteria, as well as add dynamic information to your pages. NetCloak is a way to set your Web site apart from all the others on the Web.

For example, you could use NetCloak to hide links to confidential documents on your server. You can even hide portions of those pages down to a single character at a time. Add time and date stamps to documents as they are served. You could also use it to give your users a "Weekend Webbing" section of links on your Home Page that would be available only at certain times of day or on specific days. Your "Weekend Webbing" section could even randomly display a few links from a large list, or display random graphics. Users could see a new page every time they hit your site and have more reason to come back again.

NetCloak also lets you insert a variety of information into your documents, including time of day, date, user's TCP/IP address, browser, username, information about files and more. You can also use NetCloak to create macros for text used repeatedly on your Web pages, making them easy to create and maintain.

NetCloak has minimal effect on the performance of your server by giving you:

1. Configurable document caching.

2. PowerPC native mode on Power Macintosh servers.

3. Configurable security and logging options.

4. Selective cloaking of only the documents you choose.

5. Plug-In operation on W*API-compliant servers.

System Requirements

NetCloak runs only under the Mac OS, including the Apple Macintosh and Macintosh clones. NetCloak has the following additional requirements:

System 7 or higher.

Open Transport or MacTCP.

1 MB free RAM.

2 MB free hard drive space.

Macintosh Web server software is also required (see your Macintosh Web server manual for additional server requirements).

Your NetCloak software disk includes:

To access your server when it is up and running you will need a Web client such as Netscape, Mosaic or MacWeb.

For network requirements consult your Web server manual.


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