Specifications

New Features and Enhancements  5
Steel-Belted Radius v6.1.1 Release Notes
Database Servers
The following databases are recommended for use with the Steel-Belted Radius
server running on Solaris or Linux using JDBC or running on Windows using ODBC:
 Oracle 8.1.7
 Oracle 9.2.0
 Oracle 10.2.0
 MS-SQL Server 2000 8.0.2039
 MS-SQL Server 2005 9.0.1399
 MySQL 5.0.27
The following databases are recommended for use with the Steel-Belted Radius
server running on Solaris using native Oracle plug-ins:
 Oracle 8.1.7
 Oracle 9.2.0
 Oracle 10.2.0
Database Clients
 If you use Oracle stored procedures on a Steel-Belted Radius server running
Windows, choose the Oracle 9i client.
 If you are running Steel-Belted Radius on a Solaris server and using an Oracle
database and a native Oracle plug-in, the Steel-Belted Radius server can use any
Oracle 8, 9, or 10 client. However, Oracle 8.1.7, 9.2.0, and 10.2.0.3 are
recommended.
New Features and Enhancements
Release 6.1 of the Steel-Belted Radius software includes the following changes:
 Standards-based login communication—SBR Administrator uses HTTPS instead
of a proprietary protocol for login requests. If the Steel-Belted Radius server
does not have a current server certificate, the server generates a new
self-signed server certificate.
 Certificate revocation list (CRL) cache and proxy enhancements—Certificate
processing has been improved in Release 6.1 in several respects:
 Support for CRL cache flushing
NOTE: Oracle 10 typically requires a patch for Oracle bug 4516865 to correct the
installed Oracle file access modes.