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Preface

Welcome to Oracle iPlanet Web Server Release Notes.

Oracle iPlanet Web Server (often referred to as Web Server in this document) is a multi-process, multi-threaded, secure web server built on industry standards. It provides high performance, reliability, scalability, and manageability for medium to large enterprises.

The information in this document is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, "Oracle iPlanet Web Server Release 6.1 SP21 Release Notes"

  This chapter contains information about the features, enhancements, and issues resolved in the current release; the hardware and software requirements; and installation, migration, and upgrade notes.

• Chapter 2, "Known Issues"

  This chapter lists the important known issues and limitations at the time of the current release.

• Chapter 3, "Product Documentation"

  This chapter presents an overview of the Web Server documentation; describes the documentation corrections, enhancements, and issues resolved; and provides information about how to access documentation, support, and training resources.

• Appendix A, "Features and Enhancements in Previous Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 Releases"

  This appendix describes the features and enhancements in previous releases of the product.

• Appendix B, "Issues Resolved in Previous Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 Releases"

  This appendix lists the issues resolved in previous releases of the product.

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