Interstitial pages

1. A reverse proxy system providing access to web applications, the reverse proxy system adapted to:

receive a request for a web application from a user;

determine that the requested web application is associated with an interstitial page;

produce the associated interstitial page to the user, the interstitial page not generated with the web application code;

receive, via the produced interstitial page, a user password;

authenticate the user based upon the received password;

upon authenticating the user, redirect the user to the web application;

interpret a tag in the requested web application to indicate a pagelet web application, data processing, or both;

obtain pagelet web application code from the pagelet web application; and

produce a combined presentation of the first web application and the obtained code.

2. The reverse proxy system of claim 1 , wherein the interstitial page is used as a warning page.

3. The reverse proxy server of claim 1 , wherein the user is anonymous for interstitial pages.

4. The reverse proxy system of claim 1 , wherein the interstitial page is a license agreement.

5. The reverse proxy system of claim 1 , wherein the interstitial page includes user info.

6. The reverse proxy system of claim 1 , wherein the access to the web application can be blocked until the interstitial pages have been processed.

7. The reverse proxy system of claim 1 , wherein the interstitial page is provided by a second web application separate from the web application requested by the user.

8. The reverse proxy system of claim 1 , wherein the interstitial page is provided subsequent to the user accessing a portion of the requested web application, and prior to providing the user with further access to the requested web application.

9. A method comprising:

receiving a request for a web application from a user;

determining that the requested web application is associated with an interstitial page;

producing the associated interstitial page to the user, the interstitial page not generated with the web application code;

receiving, via the produced interstitial page, a user password;

authenticating the user based upon the received password;

upon authenticating the user, redirecting the user to the web application;

interpreting a tag in the requested web application to indicate a pagelet web application;

obtaining pagelet web application code from the pagelet application; and

producing a combined presentation of the first web application and the obtained code.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user is anonymous for interstitial pages.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interstitial page is a license agreement.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interstitial page includes user info.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the access to the web application can be blocked until the interstitial pages have been processed.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interstitial page is provided by a second web application separate from the web application requested by the user.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interstitial page is provided subsequent to the user accessing a portion of the requested web application, and prior to providing the user with further access to the requested web application.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that cause a processor to:

receive a request for a web application from a user;

determine that the requested web application is associated with an interstitial page;

produce the associated interstitial page to the user, the interstitial page not generated with the web application code;

receive, via the produced interstitial page, a user password;

authenticate the user based upon the received password;

upon authenticating the user, redirect the user to the web application;

interpret a tag in the requested web application to indicate a pagelet web application;

obtain pagelet web application code from the pagelet web application; and

produce a combined presentation of the first web application and the obtained code.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the user is anonymous for interstitial pages.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the interstitial page is a license agreement.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the interstitial page includes user info.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the access to the web application can be blocked until the interstitial pages have been processed.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the interstitial page is provided by a second web application separate from the web application requested by the user.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the interstitial page is provided subsequent to the user accessing a portion of the requested web application, and prior to providing the user with further access to the requested web application.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the interstitial page is used as a warning page.

24. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interstitial page is used as a warning page.