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SafeLinx Administrator
The SafeLinx Administrator is a Java application that lets administrators configure, monitor, and maintain the resources of one or more SafeLinx Servers.
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SafeLinx Administrator Help identifies and clarifies necessary topics.
Messaging services
Messaging services enable a web application server to send messages from a wired network to a client in a wireless network.
Messaging services application service
When used by the messaging services, an application service provides direct connection-based access to backend server applications.

SafeLinx Administrator
The SafeLinx Administrator is a Java application that lets administrators configure, monitor, and maintain the resources of one or more SafeLinx Servers.
- Controlling resources and organizational units
  SafeLinx gives you control over all resources and organizational units.
- Customizing network configuration
  SafeLinx lets you customize your network configuration.
- Configuring for security
  SafeLinx includes options for configuring security.
- Managing administrators
  SafeLinx provides the tools to manage administrators.
- Managing users
  SafeLinx provides the tools to manage users.
- Troubleshooting problems
  SafeLinx helps you troubleshoot problems.
- What is...
  SafeLinx Administrator Help identifies and clarifies necessary topics.
  - Organizational unit
    An Organizational unit defines and groups resources.
  - Access manager
    The access manager program communicates with the SafeLinx Server's persistent data storage and manages the access to data.
  - SafeLinx Server
    The SafeLinx Server helps you connect mobile computing devices to your company's private intranet and the internet securely.
  - Mobile network connection
    A mobile network connection (MNC) is the SafeLinx Server's interface to a network provider.
  - Mobile access services
    Mobile access services integrate access for all supported wireless and wireline networks within a single resource.
  - Cluster manager
    A cluster manager is a resource that balances load and improves availability among SafeLinx Servers.
  - Messaging services
    Messaging services enable a web application server to send messages from a wired network to a client in a wireless network.
    - Messaging services application service
      When used by the messaging services, an application service provides direct connection-based access to backend server applications.
  - HTTP access services
    HTTP access services provide a secure tunnel for HTTP communication to any HTTP Version 1.1. client.
  - Directory server
    Directory servers allow the SafeLinx Server to use databases from existing user accounts.
  - Users
    User accounts allow a user to access the SafeLinx Client in order to connect to the SafeLinx Server.
  - Authentication profile
    An authentication profile is a set of third-party configuration properties, which are assigned to a connection profile or HTTP access service.
  - Admins
    Admins are users of the SafeLinx Administrator whose responsibilities range from initial configuration of a SafeLinx Server and definition of gateway resources, to maintaining and monitoring resources.
  - Access control lists (ACLs) and ACL Profiles
    An access control list (ACL) is a table of access levels for all resource types per organizational unit (OU). An ACL profile is a collection of ACLs that you assign to administrators to define their level of access to resources.
  - Mobile device
    A mobile device is device over which the SafeLinx Client uses to communicate with the SafeLinx Server. You define mobile devices to the SafeLinx Administrator to control which devices can access the SafeLinx Server.
  - Modem profile
    A modem profile enables a modem to communicate over a mobile network connection.
  - Wireless password policy
  - Group
    A group is a way to pool certain types of resources into an organizational unit.
  - Default resources
    Default resources is an organizational unit (OU) that contains some commonly used groups, profiles, and filters that are automatically installed with the SafeLinx Server.
  - Device resolver
    The device resolver identifies devices when the devices connect to the network.

Messaging services application service

When used by the messaging services, an application service provides direct connection-based access to backend server applications.

An application service defines the protocol that is used between the application server and the messaging services. It identifies a port that is reserved for communication between an application on messaging client devices and the messaging services. The application provides a specific set of header information inside the data stream that the messaging services uses to map the traffic to the backend application server.

Note: Messaging services is not supported on Windows™.

There are two application service types:

Generic

Provides traffic flow for applications between backend application servers and messaging client devices. Between the backend application server and the messaging services the traffic flows over UDP, TCP, or TCP by using SSL. Between the messaging client devices and the messaging services, the traffic flows over all MNCs except dial-based MNCs.

For example, a POP3 email client on a messaging device connects to the messaging services through an SMS protocol. The messaging services convert the data stream to the UDP or TCP protocol and forward the requests directly to the POP3 server. When responses are returned from the POP3 server, they are converted back to the SMS protocol and returned to the email client on the messaging device.

A generic application service can be configured to add client device identification information as a header to the application data stream. The application that receives the data stream is responsible for interpreting the header.

This service can also be configured to perform secure TCP transactions.

Pass-through: Provides traffic flow for applications between backend application servers and messaging client devices, but does not convert the protocol of the data stream. The messaging services keeps accounting records, which it can forward to another server. Pass-through application services are supported on Mobitex and DataTAC-based MNCs only.

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