Specifications

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provides.
Ability to push trusted certificates to
clients
You can create cross-certificates in the Domino Directory
for Internet certifiers and Lotus Notes certifiers and then
push the cross-certificates to the Contacts application on
Lotus Notes clients. The cross-certificates are used to
establish client trust of a certifier when accessing servers,
reading encrypted S/MIME mail, or installing signed Lotus
Notes client plugins. When you push cross certificates,
users are not required to create the cross-certificates or
retrieve them from the Domino Directory. You can also
push Internet certifiers to clients and enable users to
create cross-certificates themselves. There are two ways
to push certificates to clients' Contacts: through
customization of the Lotus Notes client installation media
or through security policy settings.
Time stamping plug-in jar signatures You can now time-stamp plug-in jar signatures using the
jarsigner tool provided by the Java™ SDK to ensure the
long term validity of plug-in signatures. The Notes client
uses a time stamp included with a plug-in jar signature to
determine if the plug-in signing certificate was valid at the
time of signing. If a plug-in signing certificate has expired
but was valid at the time of signing, Notes accepts it so
that users are not confronted with security prompts during
plug-in installation or provisioning. You can use security
policy settings control whether to also ignore expiration of
the time stamping certificates themselves. By default, time
stamping certificate expiration is ignored.
Stronger Internet password format Support for a stronger Internet password format in Person
documents if all servers run Domino 8.0.1 or later.
New ECL options for Java code in
XPages
Workstation security options in the execution control list
(ECL) can now control execution of Java™ code in
XPages applications.
New Domino Designer Client
The Domino Designer 8.5.1 client has been greatly improved with many features requested by
customers. Here's a brief overview of some of them:
• Class Editor
The new class editor allows the developer to see the outline of a library broken down into
classes, properties, and methods. The code of each class is displayed as a single
paragraph. The properties and methods are shown in alphabetical order.
• Error Reporting
The LotusScript error handling has been improved. The developer no longer needs to
save the code to see if they have errors. As you complete statements, the editor places a
red line next to each line containing an error. The editor allows you to save the
LotusScript code even though it contains errors. The complete list or errors is displayed
in a special error panel for more convenience.
• Class Definitions
The editor now recognizes custom classes. The developer just needs to hover over any
declaration so that a definition of the datatype or class appears as a tool tip. If the class is
a custom class, it just displlays information about that class.
• Template and Comment Templates
There are new Notes Preferences under a section of the Domino Designer for