Novell IFOLDER 3.7 - SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Administration Manual

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Minimum synchronization
interval The administrator can set minimum
synchronization intervals to apply
system-wide and for individual
users. You can set minimum
synchronization intervals to apply
system-wide, for individual users, or
for an individual iFolder.
Multi-volume support No With multi volume support,
administrator can move the data
across multiple volumes available on
a single server. In effect, it ensure
increased storage scalability.
Allows administrators to
specify which file types to
synchronize No Yes
You can specify file types to include
or exclude by setting system-wide,
individual account, or individual
iFolder policies.
Allows administrators to
enable or disable the
iFolder synchronization Yes, by temporarily disabling iFolder
services for the user account. Yes, by using the iFolder Enable/
Disable User function to temporarily
disable login for the user to the
user’s iFolder account.
Authenticated access Yes, using the Admin username and
password for the iFolder
Management tool Yes. The Admin user logs in to
iManager, then must use credentials
equivalent to the iFolder Admin user
to connect to the iFolder server.
Encrypted data transfer Yes, with the encrypted iFolder
option
The Blowfish algorithm is applied
with a user-specified passphrase.
The admin user determines whether
encryption services are available to
users.
Yes, with automatic HTTPS (SSL)
connections. The iFolder Admin user
or equivalent determines whether
secure or insecure connections are
used.
iFolder data stored
encrypted on server Yes, with the encrypted iFolder
option
The user must specify a passphrase
when first creating the iFolder
account.
Yes
Backup of local files to a
network server Files in users’ local iFolders are
backed up on the iFolder server. Files in users’ local iFolders are
backed up on the iFolder enterprise
server.
Backup support to restore
deleted files Entire iFolder contents must be
backed up and restored. Individual files, directories, and
iFolders are backed up.
Feature or Capability Novell iFolder 2. x Server Novell iFolder 3.7 Enterprise Server