HP WBEM Services for HP-UX System Administrator Guide (5900-1624, April 2011)

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web server Full-service web servers act as HTTP servers. In addition, they have many other capabilities, like
running CGI scripts. Understanding the distinction between a limited-service HTTP server and a
full-service Web server is critical to understanding security on HP WBEM Services for HP-UX. HP
WBEM Services uses its own embedded HTTP server (a light-weight server), not a web server.
Acknowledgement: This information was gathered from: http://dmtf.org/
education/cimtutorial.php, and more information is available there.
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