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Date:  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:20:16 -0400
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-netware_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  OS/2 NetWare Users <os2-netware_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2NetWare] Client support in development and planning stages

First some good news, and then some stuff which we should probably split 
off into different threads:

I have been working with Netlabs to develop an IPSec-based VPN client to 
allow us to connect to BorderManager 3.8 VPNs. The owrk is progressing, 
and I hope to have some code to test in the near future (within a month 
or so). Once we iron out the kinks, the next phase of this project will 
be to write a GUI for it.

At this point, while Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC is absorbing the 
development cost, we intend to release the VPN client free of charge. 
There will most likely be some installation support available, and 
fee-based follow-up support, when needed (but let's face it: how many 
times do we need to contact Novell for support with their VPN client?).

Rough estimates (and these are really rough) for the project timeline 
would be a beta release 1Q 2006, and a GA in 2Q 2006.

Next, as a follow-on to the VPN client, I want to commission an IP-aware 
NetWare client, which will allow us to connect in pure-IP environments 
and to OES boxes running on the Linux kernel. Toward that end, I need 
your help. I want to put together a list of must-have features (yes, I 
know several of us have been over this ground before; I want to cover it 
again) and a list of "nice to have" features for the client. Again, this 
work will probably be funded by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, but nothing is as 
yet set into stone.

Ultimately, I'd like both the BorderManager VPN client and the Novell 
client to be bundled with eCS, and have Alex Taylor integrate these with 
the installer.

Finally, I want to discuss the feasibility of eDirectory for OS/2, which 
would allow those of us with OS/2 servers to get them to participate in 
eDirectory replication, as we do now with Linux, Solaris, Win32, and 
NetWare.

BTW, Warpstock was great this year. While I made the decision early on 
to not repeat my NetWare session this year due to time constraints 
related to my chairing of the event, I had more people come up to me to 
discuss NetWare issues than last year or 2003. I even did a client 
install on a test system at my vendor booth.

-- 
Lewis
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Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLE
Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC
Accountants / Network Consultants
  New York / Northern Virginia           www.2rosenthals.com
eComStation Consultants                  www.ecomstation.com
Novell Users International        www.novell.com/linux/truth

Warpstock 2005 - Hershey, 
Pennsylvania, October 6-9, 2005            www.warpstock.org
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