Securing Web Admin Server Communications; Using Ssl For Secure Communications - Novell IFOLDER 3.7 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

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Enable or Disable Data Store: Select the Data Store you want to disable or enable and click
Disable or Enable respectively. When the user uploads an iFolder, disabled Data Stores are
always skipped while checking for the maximum free space availability for storing the iFolder
data.
To add a new Data Store,
8a Specify the following information:
Name: Assign a unique name to the Data Store, such as ifolder-store.
Path: Enter the path where the new volume is mounted. If it is a remote volume (CIFS,
NFS, AFP), then ensure that the volume is mounted on every restart for proper functioning
and load balancing. You need to check the permissions of the path specified, and change
the ownership to Apache-user (wwwrun). Unless you have set the permission for the
directory on to which the volume is mounted, you cannot create or sync iFolders on this
volume.
Accessing and Viewing the Report Page
Use this interface to enable reporting and generate reports for iFolder and Directories.
It generate reports based on the frequency you select.
1 Select Enable Reporting to enable reporting.
2 Select the frequency from the given options (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
3 Select the time when you want to generate the report.
4 Select the output option from the given options (Report iFolder, Report Directories)
5 Select the format for generating the report.
6 Click Save to save the settings.
Click Cancel to cancel the settings.
10.7 Securing Web Admin Server
Communications
This section describes how to configure SSL traffic between the iFolder Web Admin server and
other components. HTTPS (SSL) encrypts information transmitted over shared IP networks and the
Internet. It helps protect your sensitive information from data interception or tampering.

10.7.1 Using SSL for Secure Communications

In a default deployment, the iFolder 3.7 Web Admin server uses SSL 3.0 for secure communications
between components as shown in the following table.
SSL 3.0 for Secure Communication
Table 10-5
iFolder Component
Enterprise Server
Yes
Web Admin Server
LDAP Server
Client
Yes
Yes
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Web Browser
Yes

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