| WGate (BC-FES-ITS) |
Component of the Internet Transaction Server (ITS).
The WGate (Web gateway) links the ITS to the Web server by receiving requests from the Web browser via the Web server and forwarding them to the AGate (application gateway) using TCP/IP.
The WGate resides on the same machine as the Web server where it acts as a Web server extension and shields the AGate from differences in the various Web server APIs.
The WGate supports Web servers such as Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), Netscape Enterprise Server (NES), and Apache Web Server. All other Web server APIs are supported through the Common Gateway Interface (CGI).