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Limitations of a 6.x Mixed Environment

An r12.0 SP3 Policy Server can communicate with an r6.x policy store, but an r6.x Policy Server cannot connect to an r12.0 SP3 policy store. As a result, all existing r6.x features are available in a mixed environment, but the features specific to r12.0 SP3 are not available.

The following table lists these features:

Feature

Description

Available in Mixed-Mode?

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Support

Note: FIPS is a US government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules that meet the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Use of FIPS 140-2 compliant algorithms

No

Enterprise Policy Management (EPM)

EPM is an application-centric way to create policies, which requires the r12.0 SP3 Administrative UI.

No

IPv6 Support

Use of the IPv6 TCP/IP protocol

No