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Isode R14.3 - Major Changes and Improvements

On this page you can find out about new product functionality and changes in Isode R14.3.

R14.3 has now been superceeded, the current Isode release is R15.1. R14.3 was preceeded by R14.2.

Directory

Military

Internet Messaging

X.400 Messaging

Other Improvements

 

Directory

Security Label and Rule Based Access Control in M-Vault

This completes the work described in our whitepaper "Using Security Labels for Directory Access Control and Replication Control". Isode now provides:

  • GUI management of Security Labels and Security Clearances in the Directory, including policies and selected security categories, giving MISSI compliance.
  • Security Policy support, and XML Security Policy representation (SPIF) to give easy security policy editing.

Sodium and Sodium Sync

Various enhancements to Sodium and Sodium Sync, including:

  • Correct setting and handling of password policy extensions.
  • Product version check.
  • Multi-line text editor.
  • Additional checks for certificates, cross-certificates and CRLs
  • New DIT browser dialog for easy selection of Directory Names
  • Support for Security Labels and Security Clearances

Directory Client API

We've provided a Java version of the Directory Client API.

Military

Messaging over HF Radio & Satellite

Isode's ACP 142 subsystem, which provides support for STANAG 4406 Annex E over HF Radio using STANAG 5066 and Satellite using IP has been extended in two ways:

  • Support of Internet Messaging (using a BSMTP format and Annex E compression). This gives optimized transfer over STANAG 5066, multicast and EMCON support.
  • Support of 'Connection Oriented ACP 142', which optimizes performance for point to point non-EMCON transfers.

The whitepaper Messaging Protocols for HF Radio has more information on this area.

HF Radio & Multicast Console

A new GUI Console provided as new screen in MConsole to help configuration, testing and operation of STANAG 5066 in support of Isode’s ACP 142 applications. This will provide:

  • Service Discovery and Easy Setup
  • Latency and throughput performance testing of underlying networks.
  • HF Chat for operator communication and testing.

See the STANAG 5066 Console product page for more information.

Directory Replication by Email and over 'Air Gap'

We now provide an efficient approach for providing directory replication over messaging and "air gap" LDIF files. This is intended for:

  • Use over HF Radio, providing EMCON and Multicast support.
  • Replication of border systems where messaging is the only option
  • For use in boundary systems, with external checking of the files

The whitepaper Directory replication by Email and over Air Gap has more information.

Internet Messaging

New capabilities for M-Link

New capabilities for Isode's XMPP server, M-Link:

  • Multi User Chat (MUC) support (XEP-0045).
  • Personal Eventing (XEP-0163) subset of Publish/Subscribe support (XEP-0060).
  • Directory (LDAP) integration features:
    • Take profile information from directory
    • Publish profile information to directory
  • Strong authentication (SASL EXTERNAL) for Client/Server and Server/Server
  • Additional SNMP Monitoring Capabilities
    • Useful headline data (S2S/C2S associations, encrypted associations, bandwidth counters) for graphing applications.
    • Per association data extended from the NETWORK-SERVICES-MIB for diagnostic applications.
  • Application Layer Compression (XEP 0138)
  • Version (XEP-0092)
  • Private XML Storage (XEP-0049)
  • Profile (XEP-0154)
  • Data Forms (XEP-004)

Anti-Spam configuration

Configuration of anti-spam preferences in the directory enables administrators to control 'per user' preferences using IMA and individual users can set the following preferences using the PIA Web Interface:

  • Level of spam checking (none; aggressive; normal; mild).
  • Choice of deletion, quarantine, marking, or filing in a folder

M-Box

Enhancements include:

  • Per user configuration option for M-Box Gateway, with configuration held in directory.
  • SASL Performance enhancements
  • New SIEVE Date features from "Sieve Email Filtering: Date and Index Extensions"
  • ACL enhancements to enable sharing of personal mailboxes

X.400 Messaging

M-Switch X.400

Option to provide content checking for X.400 messages, for example to give "dirty" word blocking.

X.400 API Extensions

Extension to the Isode X.400 Gateway API and X.400 Client API to provide:

  • Support for all P772 envelope, heading, and body part capabilities, as defined in STANAG 4406 Edition 2.
  • Support for additional X.411 capabilities.

X.400 Test UA (XUXA)

XUXA (X.400 Demo/Test UA) has been enhanced so that it can work with P3 only (previously P7 was required) and used with an M-Switch X.400 server without a Message Store.

Other Improvements

Enhancements to MConsole

Various enhancements to MConsole, including:

  • Completion of MTA and Channel configuration changes (EMMA capabilities) and ability to write changes.
  • Provision of a read-only configuration system view (like EMMA system view).
  • New service screen (Windows only) that gives service status display, and allows start/stop.
  • Product version check.

Web Applications

Various enhancements to the Isode Web applications (DSI; PIA; IMA; OMI), including:

  • HTTPS access option.
  • Improved SIEVE management capabilities (Vacation and Filing)
  • Option to configure M-Link (XMPP) without messaging in IMA

Platform Support Changes

  • Windows Server 2008 is now supported.