How to test specific Sametime client version connectivity - New free tool
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Back in IBM Lotus Sametime 3.1, IBM made it possible to restrict which client versions were able to connect to the Sametime. This came about because of a security exposure in early Sametime clients, but has proven useful since then for restricting full clients if you're only licensed to use Sametime Entry for example. The difficult thing for a Sametime administrator, is it's hard to test those parameters unless you install the different Sametime client versions, of which there are now quite a few, and even with VMWare, that's going to take a while.
So following a discussion thread in the Sametime Forum where I was helping someone (an IBMer I believe) with an issue they were having, I took the code that I provided to them, modified it a bit and built a little tool that a Sametime Administrator can use to test different client types, without having to install the client.
You can download and get more details of the tool here http://www.epilio.com/web/logintester.htm
If you use this, or any of the other free tools or plug-ins from the Epilio website, be sure to hit the Facebook like button. Yeah see, there's no such thing as free, I expect you to hit a like button!
Back in IBM Lotus Sametime 3.1, IBM made it possible to restrict which client versions were able to connect to the Sametime. This came about because of a security exposure in early Sametime clients, but has proven useful since then for restricting full clients if you're only licensed to use Sametime Entry for example. The difficult thing for a Sametime administrator, is it's hard to test those parameters unless you install the different Sametime client versions, of which there are now quite a few, and even with VMWare, that's going to take a while.
So following a discussion thread in the Sametime Forum where I was helping someone (an IBMer I believe) with an issue they were having, I took the code that I provided to them, modified it a bit and built a little tool that a Sametime Administrator can use to test different client types, without having to install the client.
You can download and get more details of the tool here http://www.epilio.com/web/logintester.htm
If you use this, or any of the other free tools or plug-ins from the Epilio website, be sure to hit the Facebook like button. Yeah see, there's no such thing as free, I expect you to hit a like button!
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Thanks!
-Tim E. Brown
Posted by Tim E. Brown At 10:00:39 AM On 04/14/2011 | - Website - |