WebDAV is a standard collaborative editing and file management protocol. Kablink Vibe relies on the WebDAV protocol for two key features:
Edit-in-Place for using tools such as OpenOffice and Microsoft Office, as described in Editing Files
in the Kablink Vibe 4.0.1 User Guide.
Mapping Vibe folders as a web folder on the client computer, which allows access to Vibe files from a WebDAV-compliant file navigation tool such as Windows Explorer or Nautilus, as described in Creating a Mapped Drive to the Vibe Folder
in the Kablink Vibe 4.0.1 Advanced User Guide.
IMPORTANT:When Vibe users are running Windows 7 as the client operating system, various issues can be introduced because of WebDAV limitations in Windows 7. If your Vibe users are using the Windows 7 operating system, see Configuring Vibe to Support WebDAV on Windows 7
in the Kablink Vibe 4.0.1 Administration Guide.
The WebDAV authentication method determines how user credentials are passed from Vibe to the WebDAV server. Vibe 3 and later supports three types of WebDAV authentication methods:
Basic authentication encodes the user name and password with the Base64 algorithm. The Base64-encoded string is unsafe if transmitted over HTTP, and therefore should be combined with SSL/TLC (HTTPS).
Select this type of authentication when you plan to use Novell Access Manager or Internet Information Services (IIS) to authenticate users.
For more information about encryption algorithms, see Section 5.6.5, Database Encryption Algorithm.
Digest authentication applies MD5 cryptographic, one-way hashing with usage of nonce values to a password before sending it over the network. This option is more safe than Basic Authentication when used over HTTP.
Select this type of authentication when client users are using Windows 7 as their operating system and Microsoft Office as their text editor.
For more information about encryption algorithms, see Section 5.6.5, Database Encryption Algorithm.