For a list of new features for the driver, refer to the DirXML Driver for Active Directory Implementation Guide, located at the Novell Product Documentation site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/dirxml11a) or in the DOCUMENTATION directory on the product CD.
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Driver Authentication
Driver authentication to Active Directory has been changed to keep pace with changes made in Windows 2000 Hot Fixes and Service Packs. Several new configuration parameters have been added to the driver to control how the Active Directory connection is handled. The most important change is controlled by a parameter called Keep Credentials. When Keep Credentials is set to Yes, the driver will change its authentication calls to match recent Hot Fix and Service Pack requirements. When Keep Credentials is set to No, the driver will continue to authenticate like previous drivers. The other two new parameters are Signing and Sealing, which will enable an encrypted channel to Active Directory (sealing) that is harder to spoof (signing). The new feature works only if signing and sealing are available and enabled in Active Directory.
Authentication Error Handling
The driver now treats an authentication error as a fatal error instead of a recoverable error. In previous versions, the driver would not stop when it encountered an authentication error, resulting in a large number of error messages that were hard to trace back to authentication.
Query Processing and Migration
In previous versions, the driver improperly used a query src-dn instead of the dest-dn as the target for a query. The driver now queries on dest-dn.
The previous usage did not affect queries that used an association because the association takes precedence over the DN. However, a Migrate from Application query would always start at the root of a domain, regardless of the restrictions placed on the Migrate query. In the new query, Migrate functionality now works properly.
Improved Status Reporting
The driver now generates a return document for all requests. In previous versions the driver returned a NULL status document under some conditions. This bug could cause an exception to be thrown when using the Remote Loader and could make diagnosing an error more difficult.
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The driver must be activated within 90 days of installation or it will shut down. At any time during the 90 days, or afterward, you can choose to activate the driver to a fully licensed state.
For more information about completing activation tasks, refer to Activating Your DirXML Product (http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/dirxml11a).
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For documentation about the driver, refer to the DirXML Driver for Active Directory Implementation Guide, located at the Novell Product Documentation site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/dirxml11a) or in the DOCUMENTATION directory on the product CD.
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