New Features in Excelerator 2.3

Table 1 outlines the new and enhanced features in the VoleraTM Excelerator 2.3 product release. For specific feature information, see the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.


Table 1.

Feature Summary

Domain-Based Acceleration

You can create a single acceleration service for all the Web servers in a single domain.

For more information, see "Domain-Based Acceleration" in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.

Extended Logging Enhancements

The information that can be collected in extended log files has been expanded.

For more information, see "Extended Logging Enhancements in Excelerator 2.3" in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.

Filter Service Bypass

N2H2 Filtering functionality has been enhanced so that access can be granted temporarily to sites that are otherwise blocked. This is especially useful for school situations, wherein a teacher can grant temporary access for students to sites that are normally blocked.

For more information, see "Bypassing an N2H2 Filtering Service" in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.

NTLM authentication multiple domain support

NTLM authentication profiles now support multiple domains.

For more information, see "NTLM Authentication Multiple Domain Support" in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.

Telnet security

You can now disable and re-enable Telnet access to a cache device.

For more information, see "Disabling Telnet Access" in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.

Adapter-Specific Settings

You can now set vendor-specific network adapter settings from the command line. Settings are passed through to the driver loading instructions in system configuration files.

For more information, see "Applying Adapter-Specific Settings" in Volera Excelerator 2.3 Getting Started Guide.

NTLM Authentication Profile Fail-Over

NT Domain authentication is now used by default when a browser doesn't support NTLM authentication.

For more information, see the graphic in "How NTLM Authentication Works" in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.