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-AltaVista Forum 2.0-Technical Issue (Specific)How does AltaVista Forum provide
security?
Q: How does AltaVista Forum provide security? A: AltaVista Forum uses passwords to restrict access to confidential information. Read and Write privileges can be defined by user, folder, discussion, or document. Auditing of who accesses the forum lets you track access and modification to any information maintained by AltaVista Forum. AltaVista Forum 2.0:
Q: Does it let you collaborate through firewalls? A: The upload capabilities are based on support from the browser. Some firewalls allow pass thru and some don't. It all depends on how the sysop set up the firewall. Q: Does it include Video Conferencing? A: Forum 2.0 does not include any videoconferencing capabilities, but that certainly does not preclude you from using CUSeeMe, for instance, on your system. Q: What happened to Workgroup Web or the AltaVista LAN Browser?? A: The award-winning Workgroup Web is now
AltaVista Forum 2.0 . Q: Does AltaVista Forum work with non-frames browsers? A: The AltaVista Forum V2.0 product, with the exception of the Newspaper application, will work fine with non-frames browsers. Q: Can some of the functions be taken off of the forum product - is it customizable? A: It is possible to customize the Tcl code, such that functions can be taken off the AV Forum product. We know of customers, for instance, who customized the Tcl code to remove certain applications. | ||