Oracle iPlanet Web Server (OiWS) is a

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designed for medium and large business applications. Previous versions were marketed as Netscape Enterprise Server, iPlanet Web Server,

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Web Server, and Sun Java System Web Server. Oracle iPlanet Web Server is available on Solaris,

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, AIX,

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, supports JSP and

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technologies,

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, NSAPI, CGI, and

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History

The Netscape Enterprise Server

was developed originally by

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in 1996, based on its 1994 release of Netsite. The product was renamed Sun Java System Web Server, reflecting the product's acquisition by

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, and then, when Oracle acquired Sun in 2010, to Oracle iPlanet Web Server. In January 2009, Sun open sourced core components of Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 under the

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as Open Web Server. The open source version was kept in sync with commercial releases until January 2010 (7.0 update 8). Since Oracle's acquisition of Sun, there have been no further open source releases. In 2010, Oracle renamed the product from Sun Java System Web Server to Oracle iPlanet Web Server, although documentation and links are still in the process of being updated to reflect this.

Release History

* Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.27 (released 2017-10) * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.26 (released 2017-04) * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.9. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 8. Last changes merged to open source * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 7. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 6. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 4. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 2. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 1. * Sun Java System Web Server 7.0. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP21. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP20. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP19. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP18. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP17. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP16. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP15. * Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6.1 SP14. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP13. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP12. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP10. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP9. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP8. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP7. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP6. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP5. * Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP4. * Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 SP3. * Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 SP2. * Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 SP1. Released September 6, 2002 * Sun ONE Web Server 6.1. * Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 SP11. * Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 SP3. * iPlanet Web Server 6.0 SP2. * iPlanet Web Server 6.0 SP1. * iPlanet Web Server 6.0. Released November 19, 2001 * Sun ONE Web Server 4.1 SP15. * Sun ONE Web Server 4.1 SP14. * Sun ONE Web Server 4.1 SP10. * iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP9. * iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP6. * iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP3. * iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP2. * iPlanet Web Server 4.1. * iPlanet Web Server 4.0 SP6. * iPlanet Web Server 4.0 SP5. * iPlanet Web Server 4.0 SP4. * iPlanet Web Server 4.0.1. * iPlanet Web Server 4.0. Released September, 1999 * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6 SP3. * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6 SP2. * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6 SP1. * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6. Released January 11, 1999 * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5.1. * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5. Released February 1998 * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0.1. * Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0. Released June 1997 * Netscape Enterprise Server 2.0.1. Released November, 1996 * Netscape Enterprise Server 2.0. Released March 5, 1996 * Netsite 1.0. Release December 15, 1994

References

External links

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Sun Java System Web Server product team wiki (most links are currently redirected to oracle's homepage, see the archived wiki for now)

08/28/2010 Archived wiki

Sun Java Web Server Delivers a Jolt
review at ServerWatch
Benchmarks comparing the performance of various web servers

Sun Open Sources the Netscape Enterprise Server
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Article on heliod fork

Netscape Enterprise Server Documentation
redhat.com
Netscape Enterprise Server Documentation
netscape.com {{Netscape Sun Microsystems software Web server software Web server software programmed in Java Netscape

History

Release History

See also

References

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