LDAP Browser/Editor 2.8.2: Release Notes

## LDAP Browser/Editor 2.8.2 Release Notes

April 25th, 2001

### What's New in Version 2.8.2

The LDAP Browser/Editor 2.8.2 is a maintenance release. It contains a number of bug fixes and various improvements described below. It also contains a couple of new features. For a complete list of changes see the changes.txt file included with the distribution.

New Features/Improvements:

1. Multiple windows: Multiple windows/connections can be opened at the same time without starting a separate JVM for each connection.
2. Improved UTF8 support for various functions and operations.
3. For authenticated connections, the password does not need to be stored in the configuration file anymore. The Browser will prompt the user for the password when needed.
4. Improved configuration. Generic and static Browser settings are now pulled and stored in a separate configuration file. See What is lbe.properties file? question for details.
5. PKCS12 support: The CA certificates, and client certificates can now be loaded from the PKCS12 files. The files must have .p12 extension to be loaded in the PKCS12 format. This functionality relies on the JSSE and its support for PKCS12 standard.
6. Partial internationalization: This is an initial effort to internationalize the entire code and translate it into a couple of languages. Right now only a small portion of the code is internationalized and only Polish translation is provided.

Bug Fixes:

1. Backslash characters ('\') were not properly escaped in the session files.
2. UTF8 encoded distinguished names were incorrectly encoded/decoded in ldap urls.

Current limitations/bugs:

- LDIF changetypes are not supported.
- No schema integration.
- No VLV/Paged results support.
- Fetch DN only works with ldap v3 servers.
- Various window refresh problems - due to bugs in JVM.

Other Notes:

If running the Browser with JVM 1.3 you might encounter some problems with the JNDI library. JVM 1.3 includes an older version of the JNDI library then the version that is distributed with the Browser. 1.3 will load the older version instead of the Browser version. To force the Browser to load its version of the JNDI library using the 'lbe' script pass 'fix13' as the first parameter to the script. Examples: on Windows type: lbe.bat fix13 on Unix/Linux type: lbe.sh fix13.

Mac OS X:

The Browser was successfully tested on Mac OS X.