The ht://Dig system is a complete world wide web indexing and
searching system for a domain or intranet. This system
is not meant to replace the need for
powerful internet-wide search systems like Lycos, Infoseek,
Google and AltaVista. Instead it is meant to cover the
search needs for a single company, campus, or even a
particular sub section of a web site.
As opposed to some WAIS-based or web-server based search
engines, ht://Dig can easily span several web servers. The
type of these different web servers doesn't matter as long as
they understand common protocols like HTTP.
ht://Dig was developed at San Diego State University as a way to search the various web servers on the campus network. Here are some examples of the application of ht://Dig on the SDSU network:
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