Java Application and Web Servers

The Java Application and Web servers listed below (in no particular order) all support the Servlet API. The keys below the table explain various abbrieviations.
Java Server

 

  Platforms Features

 

Server Name Vers Manu- facturer Java Unix NT Mac HTTP Server EJB RAD IDE Special Features, Restrictions
Java Web Server 1.1.3 Sun 1.1.6

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

    The Unofficial Reference Server for the Servlet API. Auth: SSL
Java ServerEngine   Sun

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Dynamo   ATG

 

Yes

Yes

 

No

Yes Yes Session Mgmt, Views, Templates, Req: Apache, NES, FT, IIS.
Jserv   Apache Org

 

Yes

Yes

 

No

    AJP Networking. Auth.MD5 Req. Apache
NetForge 0.48 Novocode

 

Yes

 

 

Yes

   

 

JRun 2.2.1 Live Software 1.1,2,M2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

    Remote Admin. Multiple JVMs. Supp. IIS, NES, FT, O'Reily Apache, Mac.
WebSphere 2.0 IBM

1.1**

Yes

Yes

 

No

Yes Yes** S/390, Req. IBM, Apache
ServletExec 2.0 New Atlanta

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

    Req IIS, NES, FT, Apache
WEASEL   WebEasy

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

WebCore   ParaLogic

 

 

 

 

 

    JO/HTML
BEA WebLogic   BEA

1.1,2

.

Yes

 

 

Yes Yes Auth:RSA , COM, JTS, JDBC Tiers
NetDynamics 4.0 Sun

1.1

Yes

Yes

 

Yes*

  Yes CORBA, PeopleSoft, SAP PACs, Supp: NES, IIS, FT.
ServletFactory   1.0.2

 

Yes

Yes

 

 

    Excellent for use with CGI ISP.
iserver   Servertec  

Yes

Yes

        Includes scripting tool.
jBusiness 4.0 Novera           Yes Yes OO Tools, LDAP, S/390.
jo! (WebApp)   WebApp

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Inprise Application Server   Imprise

 

Yes

Yes

 

 

   

 

Nexus 0.93 Anders Kristensen 1.1.5+   Yes  

Yes

    Can be embedded in other apps.
Proton 3.0 Pramati 1.1.x

Yes

Yes

      Yes JO/HTML, IMAP4. Req: NES, IIS. FT
Jigsaw 2.0.1 W3 Org  

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

    Remote servlets. Supp: Proxy. Reference for HTTP, PICS and other W3 standards.
SilverStream 2.0 Silver Stream 1.1.5+, 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes Auth: RSA/DSA/SSL, JNDI/LDAP DB Designer.
Zeus Web Server 3 Zeus

.

Yes

Yes

.

Yes 1.1

.

.

RMI, CORBA, Auth: SSL3/X509, Virtual servers.
Locomotive 4.1 Locomotive 1.1,2

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Open Source, Req: NES, FT, Apache, Load balancing, Templates
EnHydra 2.0.1 Lurtis 1.1.5+,2

 

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

Open Source, Multi-server. Supp: NES, Apache, Scripting, RMI, DB Mapping.
WebStar 3.0.2 StarNine  

 

 

Yes

Yes

 

 

SSL, 3rd party add-ons.
Securemarket Pro   CanLink  

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

eCommerce: Product catalogs, carts, pricing, SSL, OLAP sales, inventory reporting. Session management. Multi-lingual,
vqServer   vqSoft  

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

Supp Win 95 PWS. Reqs a JRE (not included).

Notes:
* Net Dynamics includes a separate HTTP Web Server with distribution.
** Web Sphere uses Visual Age for Java as a RAD tool. VA support for Java 2 is planned for Q3 1999.

Keys:		    
HTTP Server - If Yes, the server includes an integrated Web Server. If No, the server smust be used as a proxy connection with an external HTTP Web server.

EJB - If Yes, the server has built-in support for Enterprise Java Beans

RAD IDE - If Yes, the server includes a Rapid Applications Development tool for creating applications.		 Req: (web servers) shows a list of web servers one of which must be used with the Java Server.

Supp: (web servers) shows a list of web servers any of which can be used with the Java Server that already includes an HTTP Server.

Auth:(list of protocols) Server includes the listed authorization and/or security protocols.		 Connections
Web Servers Component Connections
NES Netscape Enterprise (NSAPI) CORBA Common Object Request Broker Access
IIS Microsoft Internet Information Server (ISAPI) COM Microsoft Common Object Model
FT Netscape Fasttrack (NSAPI) PAC Connects to components through PACs.
Apache Apache Server CGI ISP Renders servlet code as CGI for provider with no Java Server.
IBM IBM's version of Apache Server. LDAP Light Directory Access Protocol
O'Reilly O'Reilly WebPro JO/HTML Connects to Java Objects via HTML Tags
S/390 Can be run on a System 390 compatible mainframe.    
AS/400 Can be run on an AS/400 system    
Java Platforms

1.1

JDK 1.1.x

2

Java 2 (a.k.a JDK 1.2)

M2

Microsoft Java SDK 2.0

Last Updated on 3/8/99
By Richard Kztz
Email: richkatz@earthlink.net