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Attacks that try to render a Web site unusable by bombarding it with extremely high volumes of bogus requests that effectively consume the application server
resources or bandwidth, thereby preventing access for other users
In addition, request filtering controls which clients and requests are allowed to access to a Web site or certain parts of a Web site.
For more information about request filtering, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Web Cache.
3.14 Oracle Web Services
A Web Service is a set of functions packaged into a single application that is available to other systems on a network. The network can be a corporate intranet or the Internet.
Because Web Services rely on basic, standard technologies which most systems provide, they are an excellent means for connecting distributed systems together. They
can be shared by and used as a component of distributed Web-based applications. Other systems, such as customer relationship management systems, order-processing
systems, and other existing back-end applications, can call a Web Service function to request data or perform an operation.
Web Services feature the following capabilities:
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Interoperability among distributed applications that span diverse hardware and software platforms
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Easy, widespread access to applications through firewalls using Web protocols
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A cross-platform, an XML cross-language data model that facilitates developing heterogeneous distributed applications
In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, there are two categories of Web services to support the development, security, and administration of the following types of Web services:
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SOA, ADF, and WebCenter services
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WebLogic Web services Java EE Web services For an overview of Web services in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, a description of the
Web services and clients supported in each category, and a roadmap for implementing Oracle Fusion Middleware Web services, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Introducing Web
Services.
3.15 Oracle Delegated Administration Services
Oracle Delegated Administration Services is an important feature of the Oracle Identity Management infrastructure. It enables you to store all data for users, groups,
and services in a central directory, while distributing the administration of that data to various administrators and end users. It does this in a way that respects the various
security requirements in your environment.
3.16 Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
