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Lotus Notes, Domino, and Domino Designer 5.0.13 Release Notes
Chapter 6 - History of changes
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CORBA/IIOP protocol support -- Support for Common Object Request Broker Architecture & Internet InterORB
Protocol (CORBA/IIOP). Permits extension of client/server computing to non-Notes clients. CORBA/IIOP enables
applets that communicate with the server more efficiently than HTTP.
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Access control for HTML and other files -- When using the Domino native HTTP stack, you are now able to
configure access control lists for files (HTML, GIFs, etc.) in the file system.
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Domino Web server API (DSAPI) -- Domino now supports a server API that allows you to create your own Web
server extensions. A DSAPI extension, or "filter", is a program you create that is notified when certain events
occur in the Web server, such as when a URL request is received or when a HTTP client is about to be
authenticated.
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Internet Cluster Manager -- Domino's clustering, load balancing and failover capabilities have been extended to
support Web browsers accessing the Domino Web server. When a Domino Web server is overloaded or
unavailable, the Web browser request is rerouted to another server in the cluster.
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HTTP session authentication -- Domino R5 allows you to choose authentication using HTTP sessions and
encrypted cookies, which provides the ability to "log in" and "log out" of a Web site served by Domino.
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Determine browser capabilities -- You can now determine the capabilities of a Web user's browser from the
formula language, using @BrowserInfo.
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Upgraded servlet support -- The Domino Web server now supports the JSDK 2.0.
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Last-modified HTTP header -- Domino R5 now sends a last-modified header with most Domino responses. This
often results in a performance enhancement, since it enables many Web browsers or proxy servers to cache
Domino pages.
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Virtual server logging -- Virtual server information is now included in the common extended log format.
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Virtual servers SSL and key ring support -- System administrators can specify a unique key ring for each virtual
server. This enables each virtual server to use SSL. Also, port security settings can be specified for each virtual
server.
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Control server log life -- Administrators can now specify the length of time for which a log file is used: daily,
weekly, or monthly.
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Byte range serving -- Domino R5 allows a Web client to download a file in sections (a range of bytes) rather than
all at once. This can make file downloads more efficient and fault-tolerant. For example, if a Web client is in the
middle of downloading a file and the connection is suddenly lost, Domino, with byte range serving support, starts
the download again from the point where it was interrupted, rather than from the beginning of the file.
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Simple URLs -- Domino R5 supports the ability to give a page in Domino database a name, which results in
simple URLs where no unique ID is required. For example: www.acme.com/News.nsf/Today?OpenPage where
"Today" is the name of the page. If the name is unambiguous, you can further simply the URL further
to:www.acme.com/News.nsf/Today
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Automatic configuration of maximum performance settings -- In R5, you can have Domino automatically
configure various server options to optimize your HTTP performance based on the type of applications you are
running, such as Web mail, Web applications, or both mail and applications.
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Enterprise Integration -- Domino Enterprise Connection Services (DECS) -- Domino Enterprise Connection
Services (DECS) is a visual tool and high performance server environment you can use to create Web
applications that provide live, native access to enterprise data and applications. The visual tool includes an
application wizard and online Help to assist you to define external data source connections -- for example, DB2,
Oracle, Sybase, File directory, EDA/SQL, or ODBC -- and fields within your application that automatically update
with external connector data. For more information on connecting to legacy databases, see the Domino
Enterprise Connection Services User's Guide. (DECSDOC.NSF) in your Notes or Domino data directory.
Install and Setup
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InstallShield -- The Domino R5 and Notes R5 Install programs for Windows platforms are based upon the
InstallShield Wizard. The new procedure is significantly simpler than previous versions.
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Server setup without a client -- For non-Windows platforms, Domino R5 launches a Web browser after install so
administrators can easily set up and configure the server.
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Automated client setup -- Using the centralized client configuration tool, administrators can centrally setup
clients, choose what server the client connects to during setup and configure the user's desktop.
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Enhanced server setup profiles -- Allows administrators to create server setup profiles. Administrators can
distribute these to remote sites for controlled server setup and deployment.
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