Assured: The Isode Blog

R14.6: Security Label Capabilities for M-Link and M-Link Edge

Will Sheward — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:17:47 +0000

Security Label based checks were introduced to M-Link in R14.4, and are a key part of the new M-Link Edge product. This post summarizes new features in R14.6, most of which have been released incrementally on the fast track R14.5 release.

Improved Strong Authentication and TLS support for LDAP in R14.6

Will Sheward — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:13:07 +0000

We have made a number of improvements to Strong Authentication with LDAP and the associated use of TLS in M-Vault in R14.6. We've also made some improvements to Sodium, in particular to support various combinations of TLS and different authentication options in addition to those previously available. The screenshots in this post show how this looks in operation.

Sodium CA – New Product for R14.6

Will Sheward — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:04:25 +0000

Strong Authentication and Digital Signatures based on X.509 PKI are key capabilities of all the Isode server products. In R14.6 Isode is adding Sodium CA, an X.509 PKI Certificate Authority, so that these security capabilities can be managed without using a third party product. As the goal is management of Isode products and services based around Isode products, Sodium CA is included at no additional cost as part of the Isode management toolset.

M-Link Archive Server – new in R14.6

Will Sheward — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:39:28 +0000

An Archive Server, for archiving 1:1 and multi-user chat conversations is being added to M-Link for R14.6. The M-Link archive server archives messages to files, organized by user and MUC room. Files are closed either when there is a gap in message flow or when the file reaches a configurable size.

Web Application Enhancement to support Password Changing (in R14.6)

Will Sheward — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:10:19 +0000

Isode's primary products are servers, and so focus has often been on the servers, security features, and associated management tools. We have been working on a set of Web Applications, oriented towards end users and unskilled administrators. As part of this work we've enhanced our web applications to enable password reset. Screenshots in this post illustrate how this works.