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Isode announces support for Strong Authentication and improvements to Military, Aviation and Internet Messaging products.
Isode Release 11.2 contains new features that will benefit all of Isode's key markets including enhancements to X.400-based military an aviation messaging, Internet messaging improvements that will be of particular interest to ISPs and support for X.509 PKI based Strong Authentication.
(LONDON. - November 9, 2005) - We're pleased to announce that the latest Isode release, Version 11.2, is now available for download from the Isode website.
With R11.2 Isode introduces support for X.509 based strong authentication, also referred to as X.509 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure). The X.509 standard specifies the standardized information contained within a digital certificate, support for X.509 is an important element in Isode's directory support for PKI systems.
Isode has enhanced its M-Vault directory product to include strong authentication between servers for directory chaining (X.500 DSP) and directory replication (X.500 DISP). Strong authentication is provided for client access using both LDAP and X.500 DAP. A new white paper describes the benefits of this security.
To smooth the adoption of Strong Authentication we've built our own, easy to use Certificate Authority (CA) - the Isode MiniCA which contains all the necessary functionality needed to process Certificate Signing Requests, issue and revoke certificates and generate certificate revocation lists. More information on Isode's Strong Authentication infrastructure can be found here. Isode servers can also be used with commercially available Certificate Authorities like Entrust and RSA Keon.
Two of Isode's major markets are military and aviation (AMHS) messaging, based on the X.400 standard. With R11.2 we've included easy setup options for X.400 content types utilized by military and aviation messaging systems as well as extended our X.400 routing to enable the use of wildcards, allowing an MTA (Message Transfer Agent) to use matches on part of an O/R address to decide where a message is routed to.
The aviation and military markets will also benefit from changes to our Directory Client API, which now supports both X.500 DAP and LDAP (Lightweight DAP) allowing a single application to mix DAP and LDAP calls. Developers working in these sectors are often required to produce applications conformant to DAP but which might also be used with LDAP.
Isode's growing ISP market will benefit from product changes that further Isode's stated directory vision of 'One Directory Entry - One Person - One Account'.
All Isode messaging servers support directory-based configuration, having all configuration information stored in a directory from where it can be shared between messaging servers. We've improved our support for directory-based configuration in R11.2 resulting in changes to each of our three Internet servers: M-Switch, M-Vault and M-Box.
M-Switch has adopted the LDAP Schema for Intranet Mail Routing (LASER) which defines an approach to 'last step' mail routing. Amongst the benefits of LASER is that it allows M-Switch to perform email address checking on the boundary of an organization cutting down on server load when dealing with invalid addresses.
We've also implemented LDAP Proxied Authorization Control (Proxy Auth) in M-Vault. Proxy Auth is used where a server wishes to perform directory operations on behalf of another user. M-Box can use Proxy Auth to get information from the directory on IMAP and POP users, simplifying setup and management.
About Isode
Isode occupies a low profile but vital position supplying email and directory server software to some of the world's most security conscious organizations. Working with partners to supply solutions to the intelligence, military, aviation, government and service provider markets, Open Standards and innovation are at the core of the company's continued success.
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Isode
Will Sheward
+44 (20) 8783 2965
will.sheward@isode.com
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
