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There are several types of servers that perform different functions on the Internet. These include mail servers that transmit emails, web servers that transfer web pages and files via HTTP, proxy servers that allow restricted access to the Internet by caching content, FTP servers for file transfers, news servers that distribute news articles via NNTP, and name servers that translate domain names to IP addresses for users via DNS. Name servers typically have redundant primary and secondary configurations to ensure high reliability of domain name lookups.

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Servers

There are several types of servers that perform different functions on the Internet. These include mail servers that transmit emails, web servers that transfer web pages and files via HTTP, proxy servers that allow restricted access to the Internet by caching content, FTP servers for file transfers, news servers that distribute news articles via NNTP, and name servers that translate domain names to IP addresses for users via DNS. Name servers typically have redundant primary and secondary configurations to ensure high reliability of domain name lookups.

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There are a number of servers performing different roles on the Internet.
( 1 ) MAIL SERVERS
Are servers that transmit the E-mail sent from the mailer (mail software)
Installed in the users machine to the mail server of the destination.
Mail servers controls the e-mail in accordance with the following two
protocols:
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3)
memory
Mail delivery
program
memory
Mail delivery
program
SMTP
Transfer to other mail server
Delivery the mail to client
POP 3
Some mail
Servers are
Divided into
SMTP and
POP
server
client
( 2 ) WWW Server
Are also called HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) servers or Web Servers.
These consist of programs used to transfer hyperlinked text, video, audio, etc.
(also called hypertext information) and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language
files.
HTML file transfer
program
HTML file transfer
(hypertext information)
client
HTTP
HTML file transfer
( 3 ) PROXY Server
is a server that allows access to the internet for computers that are forbidden to
access the internet directly.
Also has the functionality to temporarily store (caching) accessed information,
designated to reduce the traffic load and faster access.
servers PROXY servers
router
internet
router
clients
Direct access
To the internet
Is forbidden.
(In place of the
Client, the proxy
Server access the
Internet.
firewall
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( 4 ) ftp (File Transfer Protocol) Server
Deliver files, etc., to the user over the Internet.
terminal
internet
program
FTP server, transfers
Programs and other files.
program
( 5 ) News Server
Also called NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) servers, transfer news
from other news servers and control the readout of news and news contribution
from users.
client
Network transfer
program
News file
Network transfer
program
News file
NTTP
Readout
contribution
tansfer
NTTP
tansfer
( 6 ) Name Server
Also called DNS (Domain Name System) servers, that can answer domain
name inquiries from users with IP address.
This function is one of those that have facilitated use of the Internet.
To ensure high reliability, name servers usually have the following redundant
configuration.
a. Primary Name Server - A server that has the management
rights for a specialized zone.
b. Secondary Name Server - Server that holds the information
of the primary server.

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