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# New and Changed Features of Natural Add-On Products

- Change in Company Name

- Natural Development Server

- NaturalONE

- Natural Security

- Natural Messaging

For an overview of all Natural add-on products and the new product versions available, see Overview of New Natural Add-On Product Versions.

## Change in Company Name

The string "Software AG" has been replaced by "Software GmbH" or other text where it was used as a company name (for example, copyright information, error messages, hello screens, maps, etc. Where possible, the string was removed.

## Natural Development Server

This section describes the new features provided with Natural Development Server Version 9.2.4.

### XRef Data Generation Adapted for NaturalONE Private-mode Libraries

Natural for z/OS and Natural Development Server version 9.2.4 no longer produce redundant XRef data generated for NaturalONE private-mode libraries. XRef data is now generated only for shared mode libraries.

## NaturalONE

For information on changes, enhancements and new features available with NaturalONE, see the Release Notes in the NaturalONE documentation at https://documentation.softwareag.com/.

## Natural Security

The following enhancements are provided with Natural Security Version 9.2.4:

- License Check

- New Authentication Options (LDAP)

- Password and Cipher Code

Note
The sections indicated for more information are contained in the Natural Security documentation, unless otherwise noted.

### License Check

A license check is performed for Natural Security at the start of a Natural Security session.

The license file must be installed in your environment when using Natural Security.

### New Authentication Options (LDAP)

With the new LDAP authentication options, a user defined in Natural Security can be allowed to use the session if LDAP authentication fails.

- New authentication types in the list of Authentication Options:

  `M3` = master profile - active - Natural Security authentication if LDAP fails.

  `A3` = alternative profile - active - Natural Security authentication if LDAP fails.

  For details, see Invoking LDAP Security Profile Maintenance.

- New value for the Protection level option:

  `3` = Same as protection level `1`, except if LDAP authentication fails, then the user will be authenticated further with Natural Security.

  For details, see Components of an LDAP Security Profile.

### Password and Cipher Code

For the FUSER and FDIC library files, each entered value in the Password and Cipher code fields is now masked with an asterisk (*). This prevents unauthorized access or exposure of sensitive information. For details, see Natural Security > Library File.

## Natural Messaging

Natural Messaging (NMQ 1.1.1) is a new Natural add-on that supports communication with IBM MQ. Natural for z/OS 9.2.4 is a prerequisite for using this feature.

Natural Messaging allows you to easily access message queues using Natural `PROCESS` and `FIND` statements. Example programs to perform operations such as `BROWSE`, `GET` and `PUT` are available in a new library `SYSEXNMQ`. For further information, see Natural Messaging in the Database Management System Interfaces documentation.

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