Novell IFOLDER 3.7 - SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Administration Manual

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4.2 Comparison of 2. x and 3.7 Client Features
and Capabilities
Table 4-2
Comparison of 2.x and 3.7 client features
Feature or Capability Novell iFolder 2. x Client
iFolder Client with a Novell iFolder
3.7 Enterprise Server
Download location The iFolder download page is
http://serveraddress/
iFolder
Replace serveraddress with the
IP address or DNS name of your
iFolder server. For example,
192.168.1.1 or
nifsvr1.example.com
. The
path is case sensitive.
The administrator provides a
download site where users can
download the iFolder client, such
as the OES Welcome page on
the OES 2.0 Linux server.
Default location of the iFolder
directory on a client Windows:
C:\Documents and
Settings\ username \My
Documents\iFolder\ userna
me \Home
Linux:
/home/userid/
ifolder/userid
Macintosh: Not supported
/home/username/
Connect to server Log in to one account at a time. Set up accounts for multiple
iFolder servers and log in to one
or more as desired.
Authenticated access Yes, with username and
password authentication via your
LDAP server. Yes, with username and
password authentication via your
LDAP server.
Encrypted data transfer Yes, with the encrypted iFolder
option.
The Blowfish algorithm is applied
with a user-specified passphrase.
Yes, with automatic HTTPS (SSL)
connections.
You can control whether
connections use HTTPS or HTTP.
iFolder data stored encrypted on
server Yes, with encrypted iFolder option
The user must specify a
passphrase when first creating
the iFolder account.
Yes
Data is stored encrypted on the
server.
iFolder data stored encrypted on
clients No
iFolder data is stored
unencrypted on the client. Use
third-party local encryption
options, if needed.
No
iFolder data is stored
unencrypted on the client. Use
third-party local encryption
options, if needed.