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What are the benefits of novell? Benefits as things you can't do with windows normally, or linux normall, and etc.

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Short, practical summary for : Novell’s lasting strengths were its directory-first design (NDS/eDirectory), tight integration of file and print services, and centralized administration tooling — that combination made large-scale user/resource management far easier than older peer-to-peer or bindery models. ’s emphasis on management and security captures the intent: Novell put identity and access control at the center. (en.wikipedia.org)

What that meant in practice: a single, hierarchical directory you could replicate across sites (multi‑master), delegate administration into departments, and attach printers, servers and apps as directory objects — single sign‑on and policy where available reduced repetitive account work. NetWare also optimized file serving (file-level access, aggressive caching) and, from NetWare 5 onward, introduced NDPS and TCP/IP‑based services to simplify printing and driver distribution. These are the core operational benefits admins felt day‑to‑day. (en.wikipedia.org)

Protocol and security context: early NetWare used IPX/SPX (good LAN performance and limited Internet exposure), but the market moved to TCP/IP and NetWare followed — IPX is now essentially legacy. eDirectory and NetWare gave strong ACLs and replication, but no system is magically immune; worms like Nimda spread via infected Windows clients and open shares (servers could end up holding infected files that clients then executed). Security is about configuration, patching, and defense-in-depth, not brand. (en.wikipedia.org)

Practical, modern takeaway for people landing on this old thread: NetWare as a kernel product is discontinued and Novell’s assets moved through several owners, so evaluate current support and migration paths before committing to old NetWare versions. If still running NetWare-era services, keep clients patched, run server-side AV/scans of shared volumes, back up directory data, and plan migration (Open Enterprise Server / eDirectory or Active Directory) based on application compatibility. (en.wikipedia.org)

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When i think of novell... i think of security. Novell IS the most secure system there is. It doesnt even need the TCP/IP protocol (its optional)... so no threts there. The IPX protocol has to be one of the fastest protocols too. In addition, i think of management. It is so easy to configure users, manage printers, manage intranets, etc. etc. Most of the management comes from nwadmn32.exe (sys:system\win32). Any other questions.. I'll be happy to respond. For more information go to http://www.novell.com

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hehe we used nwadmin32.exe hehe.

If I homework questions I going to post questions here lol rofl.

Also did you know Nimda affected everything execpt Novell hehe I learning eh?

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Well.... Your half right. It did affect novell, because the Windows clients attached to it copied infected files to it. Novell it self wasn't infected, but any Win32 computer that ran the file off the novell server was. But, if ya had either Computer Associates InoculateIT for Netware (which I DONT recommend) or Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition (which is amazingly written, and is a solid complete network antivirus tool) you wouldn't have been infected.

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hehe ok man not a book please lol jk. My teacher told me that or should I say Prof Bhola

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Maybe one day I'll ask you a question (prob to humor you though :) ;) :) )

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lol maybe... lol hehe your a good guy Tek and I will thank you after this semester is done maybe I will send you some Blank CD's you down for something like that?

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Simple Terms Novell is for User Management Period. not for browseing the Internet

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Simple analogy...

Active directory is like climbing mount everest
Novell eDirectory is like walking on flat, level land!

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