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WebSubmit is a Web browser based interface to heterogeneous collections of remote high-performance computing resources. It makes these resources easier to use by replacing a constantly changing range of unfamiliar, command-driven queuing systems and application environments with a single, seamless user interface. WebSubmit lets users run in their regular accounts on the remote system. Strong authentication using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol allows registered users to connect to the WebSubmit authority. When validated by the authority they gain access to a group of application modules. Each application module is presented as an HTML form; this form is filled out and submitted to the server, which then processes the request and executes the desired tasks on the specified remote system using the Secure Shell protocol. The system is flexible and extensible, and its modularity promotes ease of use, maintainability, and interface development. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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