IOLAN Features
30 IOLAN SDS/SCS/STS/MDC User’s Guide, Version 4.0

Advanced Features

Advanced IOLAN software features can be found on all IOLAN models except DS and TS models.
zExternal authentication using any of the follow ing systems:
RADIUS
Kerberos
TACACS+
NIS
SecurID
LDAP
zSupport for TCP/IP and UDP protocols.
zDynamic DNS with DYNDNS.org.
zDomain Name Server (DNS) support.
zWINS support for Wi ndows® environments.
zRemote access support including PPP, SLIP, and SLIP with VJ Compression.
zAbility to remotely manag e the Perle Remote Power Switch (RPS).
zAbility to cluster several IOLANs.
zEmail alert notification.
zPPP authentication via PAP or CHAP.
zSSH connections (supported ciphers are Blowfish, 3DES, AES, CAST1 28, and Arcfour).
zSSL/TLS connections.
zLogging via Syslog.
zRIP authentication (via password or MD5).
zSNTP (versions 1, 2, 3, and 4 are support ed).

Security

The IOLAN security features can include (depending on your IOLAN model):
zSupervisory and serial port password protection.
zAbility to set serial port access rights.
zAbility to assign users access level rights to control their access.
zTrusted host filtering (IP filtering), allowing onl y those hosts th at have been configured in the
IOLAN access to the IOLAN.
zIdle port timers, which close a connection that has not been active for a specified period of time.
zAbility to individually disabl e ne twork servi ces that won’t be used by the IOLAN.
zSSH client/server connections (SSH 1 and SSH 2).
zSSL/TLS client/server data encryption (TLSv1 and SSLv2).