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•Support from home directories—Support for streaming movies from users’ network home directories.

•Apache web server deployment and configuration enhancements. Mac OS X Server version 10.3 features an enhanced user interface for configuring Apache—the world’s most widely used web server. Part of Server Admin, the new web server interface makes it easier to set up and manage multiple websites and deploy advanced configuration options, such as URL redirects, website aliases, and realm support settings.

•VPN server for secure remote network access. Mac OS X Server version 10.3 includes a new Virtual Private Network (VPN) server for providing individual computers with secure remote access to your Local Area Network (LAN). VPN technology enables IP traffic to travel securely over a public TCP/IP network by using “tunneling” to encrypt all data between the client system and the host network. Apple’s VPN server offers support for hundreds of VPN clients per server, making it ideal for small and medium-sized businesses.

Improved Windows Integration

Mac OS X Server is designed to be a comprehensive server solution for heterogeneous network environments, and version 10.3 expands on this solution with improved support for Windows clients and Windows proprietary directory server.

•Samba 3. Mac OS X Server version 10.3 now ships with Samba 3. This latest version of the popular open-source project delivers high-performance, reliable file and print services to Windows clients using the native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocol. It supports Unicode for multilingual file and user names with 16-bit characters.

Samba 3 also enables support for Primary Domain Controller (PDC) services, a feature integrated into Open Directory 2 to provide login and authentication for Windows users right from the PC’s login window.

•Network home directories for Windows clients. Open Directory 2 provides support for roaming profiles, the Windows equivalent of network home directories. Mac OS X Server version 10.3 can now host home and group directories that can be accessed from both Mac and Windows clients.

•VPN services for Windows. The built-in VPN server in Mac OS X Server version 10.3 supports Windows clients using PPTP or L2TP/IPSec.

•Simpler integration with Active Directory. Mac OS X Server version 10.3 can now access user, group, and computer records stored in Microsoft’s proprietary directory server without requiring modifications to the Active Directory schema. It also supports Microsoft’s Kerberos implementation for accessing authenticated services hosted on Mac OS X Server.

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