This section summarizes the new features and significant product changes for Oracle Virtual Directory in the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) release.
The topics in this chapter include:
Follow the pointers into this guide to get more information about the features and how to use them.
Oracle Virtual Directory 11g Release1 (11.1.1.9) includes the following new administrative feature:
SAML XASP plug-in, which enables Oracle Virtual Directory to retrieve attributes from a SAML Identity Provider using the SAML X.509 Attribute Sharing Profile.
Refer to Section 4.2.28, "SAML XASP Plug-In" for more information.
Oracle Virtual Directory 11g Release1 (11.1.1.7) includes the following new and changed administrative features for this document:
New Configure Adapters for Real Application Security integration wizard in Oracle Directory Services Manager simplifies configuring Oracle Virtual Directory for Real Application Security (RAS) integration.
Refer to Chapter 19, "Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory for Integrated Directory Solutions" for more information.
Oracle Virtual Directory now supports the Oracle Virtual Directory-Real Application Security integration user account lockout feature to enforce a back-end LDAP server's password lockout policy.
Refer to Chapter 19, "Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory for Integrated Directory Solutions" for more information.
New Real Application Security (RAS) plug-in that allows VDE to redirect add and modify operations to specific adapters.
Refer to Chapter 4, "Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-Ins" for more information.
Enhanced HideEntriesByFilter plug-in to include support for dynamic filters and improved query feature.
Refer to Chapter 4, "Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-Ins" for more information.
DBPassword plug-in is now available out of the box, and it supports passwords encrypted using standard MD2, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384,SSHA, and SHA-512 hash algorithms.
Refer to Chapter 4, "Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-Ins" for more information.
Oracle Virtual Directory now supports LDAP RFC 3673.
When the attribute description "+" is present in a Search Request's list of attributes, it signifies a request for the return of all operational attributes.
Several new configuration parameters are exposed in the DynamicGroups plug-in.
Refer to Chapter 4, "Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-Ins" for more information.
For 11g Release 1 (11.1.1), this guide has been updated in several ways. Following are the sections that have been added or changed.
Added information about creating a certificate before you configure SSL for Oracle Virtual Directory Listeners. Refer to Section 11.6.1, "Before You Begin."
Removed section titled "CRAM-MD5 and SASL Binding" from Section 6.2, "Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Authentication."
Added information about installing stronger Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) policy files for 256-bit cryptographic ciphers. Refer to Section 11.6, "Securing Listeners with SSL."
Added information about creating an Oracle Unified Directory adapter. Refer to Section 12.1.1, "Creating Adapters for Oracle Unified Directory."
Revised Example 18-8, "Example Source Code for Transforming an LDAP Prefix Notation to SQL Notation".
Revised the Failover Mode section in Section 12.1.2.1, "Configuring LDAP Adapter General Settings."
Added instructions for changing the default session timeout in ODSM. Refer to Section 8.3.8, "Configuring Oracle Directory Services Manager Session Timeout" for more information.