Novell IFOLDER 3.7 - SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Administration Manual

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1.1.4 Encryption Support
In a corporate environment, enterprise-level data is generally accessible to the IT department, which
in turn can lead to intentional or unintentional access by unauthorized personnel. Because of this,
executives have been hesitant to store some confidential documents on the network.
With encryption support, iFolder ensures higher security for users’ confidential documents by
encrypting them at the client side before transferring them to the server. Data is thus stored
encrypted on the server, and is retrievable only by the user who created that iFolder.
iFolder makes it easier for IT managers to ensure that all of an organization's critical data is
protected on the iFolder servers without involving any significant risks. iFolder also gives Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) the ability to offer a user-trusted backup solution for their customers'
critical business or personal data.
1.1.5 Productive Mobile Users
A Novell iFolder solution makes it significantly easier to support mobile users. VPN connections
are no longer needed to deliver secure data access to mobile users. Authentication and data transfer
use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to protect data on the wire.
Users do not need to learn or perform any special procedures to access their files when working
from home or on the road. iFolder does away with version inconsistency, making it simple for users
to access the most up-to-date version of their documents from any connected desktop, laptop, Web
browser, or handheld device.
In preparation to travel or work from home, users no longer need to copy essential data to their
laptop from various desktop and network locations. The iFolder client can automatically update a
user’s local computer with the most current file versions. Even when a personal computer is not
available, users can access all their files via Web Access on any computer connected to the Internet.
1.1.6 Cross-Platform Client Support
The iFolder client is available for Linux,Macintosh and Windows desktops. The Novell iFolder 3.7
Web Access server provides a Web interface that allows users to access their files on the enterprise
server through a Web browser on any computer with an active network or Internet connection.
1.1.7 Scalable Deployment
iFolder easily scales from small to large environments. You can install iFolder on multiple servers,
allowing your iFolder environment to grow with your business. A single iFolder enterprise server
handles unlimited user accounts, depending on the amount of memory and storage available. Users
in an LDAP context can be concurrently provisioned for iFolder services simply by assigning the
context to an iFolder server.
1.1.8 Multi-Server Support
Handling large amount of data and provisioning multiple enterprise users in a corporate
environment is a major task for any administrator. iFolder simplifies these tasks with multi-server
configuration. Multi-server support is designed exclusively for meeting your enterprise
requirements. It serves the purpose of provisioning many users and hosting large amount of data on