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Supported Software, Technologies, and Protocols
Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0.25 Release Notes 1-7
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:13:28 GMT
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1.5.7 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Support
You can connect to an IPv6-enabled web site through Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server
4.0.11. Proxy Server also supports the
ftp extension for IPv6 in default (passive) mode.
1.5.8 NSS and NSPR Support
Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0.25 supports Network Security Services (NSS)
3.17.2 and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) 4.10.7.
1.5.9 Modified FTP Transfer Mode
From the Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0.6 release, support for extended address
passive port (EPSV) mode has been introduced.
1.5.10 Upgrade Support
From the Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0.2 release, the installer supports the
upgrade of an existing Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0 installation to the later
release. For the Java Enterprise System installations of Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy
Server 4.0.1, you must install the patches that correspond to the later release.
1.5.11 Disk Space and Memory
The minimum required memory for installing Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server is 512
MB. The minimum recommended disk space for installing Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy
Server is 550 MB.
1.5.12 Enhanced Hardware Accelerator Encryption Support
Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0.12 provides hardware accelerator support for Sun
Crypto Accelerator 6000, a cryptographic accelerator board that enhances the
performance of SSL on Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server.
1.5.13 Impact of U.S. DST Changes 2007
Daylight Savings Time (DST) starts in U.S.A from the 2nd Sunday of March and ends
on the 1st Sunday of November. This impacts the date and time rules of the operating
system.
To ensure that the log files contain the correct time in US time zones, and that the
Administration Server is not impacted by this change, do the following:
■ Download and install the appropriate operating system patches.
For other platforms, download similar DST-compatible patches from the
respective operating system vendor's web site.
■ For Solaris, Windows, and Linux, run Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server with JRE
1.5.0_12. For HP-UX, run Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server with JRE 1.5.0_12.