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- * PROTEC NET Version 4.1 *
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- * Copyright (C) IPE Corporation, Ltd. *
- * 9 Alfred Place *
- * London, WC1E 7EB *
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- * Telephone: +44 (0)71 436 2244 Fax: +44 (0)71 916 1004 *
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-
- Dear Netware Manager,
-
- Many thanks for your interest in Protec Net for Novell. The fact that
- you have this product in your hands indicates that you have some interest in
- extending your control from the server to other parts of your network.
-
- Protec Net is designed just for that. The product provides a host of benefits
- which will become apparent as you work through them.
-
- And, if what you see is not enough, there is a whole lot more in store in new
- versions during the coming months.
-
- If you purchase this product, you will automatically receive all the version
- updates for 12 months after your purchase.
-
- This Evaluation Pack is only suitable for installation on 1 Novell Server and
- is restricted to install on 2 workstations. Once you have installed the
- product and set up the system to suit your environment, you need not remove
- it or change it in anyway if you wish to purchase the product. Simply place
- your order with your local dealer, and we will upgrade this evaluation pack
- over the phone.
-
- Yes, that is all it takes. A quick phone call can increase this licence to
- a 5, 10, 25, 50 or 100 user licence.
-
- Please read the attached .txt files before you proceed with installation of this
- software.
-
- Good Luck, and I hope that we can be of continuous service to you and your
- company.
-
-
- Yours sincerely,
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Garth McLeod
- Managing Director
-
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- Protec NET 4.1, 21st November 1994
-
- Technical Bulletin No. 008
- --------------------------
-
- 1. Problems may be experienced in certain configurations with Netware 4.0
- and we would have to advise that at this stage we can only guarantee
- compatibility with Novell Netware versions 3.11 and 3.12.
-
- 2. In evaluation, you may like to re-initialise the databases without
- re-installing, and this can be achieved with the following command
- (you will of course be logged in as supervisor);
-
- PINIT /R /OPEN
-
- However, this command does not clear out any user shells or Protec NET
- script commands from the respective logon scripts. To do this you must
- actually remove Protec NET with the command RMPROTEC.
-
- 3. Denying access to COM and LPT ports works fine so long as the program
- in question uses DOS. However, some programs talk to these ports
- directly (ie. using OUTP) and though we do deny access to the port,
- other applications may not be able to handle the denial, and will simply
- sit there waiting. In technical parlance, this is known as 'hanging'.
-
- 4. Using certain programs that access the disk in an unorthodox way
- (ie. Windows File Manager, Xtree Gold, etc.) you may think permissions
- are not working because you might be able to view restricted files and
- directories. However, you cannot actually access them, so permissions
- are not in fact compromised.
-
- 5. We make some initial checks to ensure that CHKDSK will not run, but it
- should be understood that keeping users from dangerous commands is the
- System Manager's responsibility. In particular, we recommend that users
- be locked from the following commands;
-
- CHKDSK, SCANDISK (DOS 6.x), Norton Utilities, PC-Tools, DEBUG,
- and so on....
-
- Disallowing low-level IO can help minimise possible damage, but we cannot
- guarantee it will prevent ALL malicious attempts.
-
- 6. With low-level IO disallowed, Windows 32-bit access will also be
- disabled.
-
- 7. After installing the number of allowed workstations (2 in the case of
- an evaluation) you may wish to remove one, and install on another
- workstation. In order to achieve this, you should perform the following
- steps;
-
- a. Run PSECURE in the \system\protec directory
- b. Under the Workstation menu, select 'Add/Remove workstation'
- c. Go to the appropriate record and press <DEL>
- d. Under the File menu, select the option 'Optimise data files'
-
- After this, you will be able to install on a different workstation.
-
- 8. Drive level encryption is not fully implemented in this release. File
- and directory encryption works fine, so the same result can be
- achieved.
-
- 9. While using the file selection utility for encryption, permissions and
- program selection, if you try to access files in the root directory of
- the first network volume you may experience frequent share violations.
- They will clear, but are due to accessing BACKOUT.TTS, a file in almost
- continuous use by Netware. This will be filtered out in the next
- release...
-
- 10. Using VLMs one must have LASTDRIVE set also.
-
- 11. If you put the AUDIT switches on, then it is a good idea to increase
- the size of the AUDIT MEMORY BUFFER.
-
- 12. There are occasions when we will not install on to a workstation due to
- some or other problem with AUTOEXEC. It is wise therefore, to ensure that
- recipient workstations are in a reasonable state, and that there are no
- commands in the AUTOEXEC that will prevent the running of LOADER (which
- we place at the end of the file.) Also, ensure that the recipient
- workstations have calls to the network drivers located in this file.
-
- Valid network drivers are contained within the NETWORK DRIVERS section
- of the Protec NET setup file PSETUP.INF.
-
- Reasons as to why a workstation could not be installed are contained in
- the comments field at the end of the workstation record, under the
- Install/Update/Remove protec option of PSECURE.
-
- 13. Due to problems between Netware 3.xx login and DOS environments, it has
- been necessary to provide our own login/logout/map programs. These are
- intended to work identically to Netware programs, except that they fix
- the environment problem, and they are Protec aware. However, under
- certain conditions, they may not appear to work exactly the same, but
- this should not affect any login/logout/map functions.
-
- And remember, the original programs are copied to the \login\old
- directory, and renamed with a NV prefix (nvlogin, nvlogout, nvmap)
- so if in doubt, you may always use these.
-
- In the next release of Protec Net (with Netware 4.xx compatibility) a
- new method has been employed that will clear the environment problems
- without replacing Netware programs.
-
-
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- If you have even the smallest problem or query then please contact Sa'eed or
- Adrian of IPE Technical Support, +44 (0)71 436 2244, who will be only too
- pleased to resolve it.
-