NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR
USER CHARACTERISTICS
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CONTENTS

File and Directory Characteristics

Services Management

Security Control

Fault Tolerance

FILE AND DIRECTORY CHARACTERISTICS
Netscape Mission Control Desktop allows IT managers to easily to configure, deploy manage and update Communicator from a central location.
Source: http://home.netscape.com/communicator/missioncontrol/v4.5/index.html

Scheduled Push of Configurations and Software Components
Administrators can schedule the push of new configuration settings or any Netscape or third-party component to the desktop using the scheduling feature of AutoAdmin. This permits administrators to have a high degree of confidence that each desktop in the enterprise has an up-to-date, authorized configuration.

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SERVICES MANAGEMENT
Netscape Communicator is a comprehensive set of components that integrates browsing, email, web-based word processing, chat, and group scheduling to allow users to easily communicate, share, and access information. A detail description of each component is presented at the following link.
http://home.netscape.com/communicator/v4.5/datasheet/index.html

Netscape AutoAdmin
Managing the installation and configuration of client software is generally expensive and time-consuming for IS departments. The Netscape AutoAdmin component, together with Netscape Mission Control Desktop, provides automated tools that help reduce the workload and cost of managing and administering Netscape Communicator clients on an enterprise network. When combined with Netscape Mission Control Desktop, AutoAdmin enables centralized management of client settings, such as default home pages, email settings, and automatic updating of software components.

FEATURES OVERVIEW
Allows central configuration of Communicator client preferences

Stores and manages Communicator configuration settings on a web server or LDAP-compliant directory server

Downloads, installs, and upgrades Netscape Communicator components and plug-ins automatically

Restricts downloadable components to those authorized by the administrator

Leverages existing standards (HTTP, LDAP, JAR, and JavaScript) and works across virtually all platforms

Netscape Professional Services
Netscape Professional Services has helped numerous companies design and deploy enterprise solutions while ensuring minimal disruptions for both end users and administrators. More than 200 experienced Netscape information systems professionals provide:

Information architecture and design services for building advanced web sites

Web-enabled Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), merchant, and payment services for Internet Commerce Solutions

Architectural design, migration planning, and prototyping for messaging solutions

The Netscape Professional Services team also works in partnership with major global system integrators and consultancies.

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SECURITY CONTROL
Netscape Navigator Encrypted Communications
Navigator helps protect the privacy of your data communications with security standards that function both within a corporate network and across the global internet. Transmitted data is protected with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0, the widely accepted Internet security standard. Downloaded applications can be checked for authenticity and then granted an appropriate level of trust.
Source: http://home.netscape.com/communicator/v4.5/datasheet/index.html

Netscape provides two levels of security encryption. The U.S. version supports 128-bit encryption and the International version supports 40-bit encryption security with RSA Public Key Cryptography. The U.S. government restricts the export of 128-bit encryption, but not the export of 40-bit encryption.

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FAULT TOLERANCE
This characteristic was not applicable for our evaluation of this browser tool.

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