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2020-09-September

PKWARE Release Notes – September 2020                                     


Release Version: Smartcrypt September 2020

General Availably Date: October 9, 2020


Introduction

The following ‘minor’ release provides new product functionality, resolution to customer reported issues and other general improvements to the PKWARE software.



Updated Components and Versions

PKWARE Component

New Version

PKWARE Enterprise Manager

v18.7.86

Archive Client Application - Persistent Data Encryption (PDE) Agent

v16.60.0011

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Agent

v3.40.3

Smartcrypt SDK

Java 2019.7.4 / .NET 2020.2.4

Smartcrypt Mobile App for iOS

1.5.32

Smartcrypt for Intune Mobile App for iOS

1.7.1

Smartcrypt Mobile App for Android

1.5.4

Smartcrypt for Intune Mobile App for Android

1.5.4

 


PKWARE Enterprise Manager / Archive Client Application Version Compatibility

PEM Version

Archive Client Application Versions

 PEM v18.7.86

 September 2020

PDE Agent: 16.60.0011 (Sept ’20), 16.50.0007 (June ‘20) and 16.40.0010(March ‘20)

TDE Agent: v3.40.3

 

 

 

Supported 3rd Party Platforms

The following PKWARE and 3rd Party products and versions listed below represent those which have been tested for quality, interoperability and functional operation. Customers are strongly encouraged to maintain their environment in accordance with the versions and dependencies listed below, to avoid unforeseen issues with compatibility or unexpected behavior.

PKWARE Enterprise Manager

Operating System Type

Version

Microsoft Windows

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2

Browser Type

Version

Internet Explorer / Edge

Internet Explorer 11 / Edge 85.x

Firefox

80.x

Google Chrome

85.x

Safari

14.x

Database Type

Version

PostgreSQL

9.5

MSSQL

SQL Server 2016, 2014, 2012

Web Server

Version

Internet Information Server (IIS)

IIS 10.0, 8.5, 8.0

Archive Client Application

Operating System Type

Version

 Microsoft Windows

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, Windows 10, 8.1

 MacOS

Catalina (10.15), Mojave (10.14) and High Sierra (10.13) 

 Linux – RedHat

RedHat 5 or greater   

 Linux – SUSE

10 and greater on x86, and x86_64

 Linux - Ubuntu

12.04 (LTS) and greater on X86 and X86_64

 UNIX – IBM AIX

7L version 7.1 (7100-00) or higher, 6L Version 6.1 (6100-00) or higher with required patches

 UNIX - Solaris

10 or greater on UltraSPARC and X86

 UNIX – HPUX

11iv2 with patches

 IBM z/OS  

Software: z/OS 2.4, z/OS 2.3, z/OS 2.2, z/OS 2.1, z/OS 1.13             

Hardware: z10-EC, z10-BC, z-10, z196, z114, zEC12, zBC12,

z13 (2964), z13 (BC (2965)), z14, zR1, z15

 IBM i

Software: IBM i 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1

Hardware: Power 7, 8 and 9

Operating System Type - Mobile

Version

Smartcrypt for iOS

13.x and newer

Smartcrypt for Android

10.x and newer

Smartcrypt SDK                                               

 Language

Version

 Java

 v2019.7.1

Dependencies:

  • Java 8 or higher JRE

 Application Operating System

Version

 MacOS

Catalina (10.15) 

 Windows

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Windows 10, 8.1 (64-bit)

 Linux – RedHat

RedHat 8 (64-bit)

 Linux – SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server 12, 11

 Linux – Ubuntu

Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04 (64-bit)

Language

Version

  .NET

  v2020.2.4

Dependencies:

  • .NET Framework 4.6.1 and higher on Windows
  • .NET Core 2.1 on all platforms (LTS release from Microsoft)

 Application Operating System

Version

 Windows

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Windows 10, 8.1 (32-bit + 64-bit)

 MacOS

Catalina (10.15) 

 Linux – RedHat

RedHat 8 (64-bit)

 Linux – Ubuntu

Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04 (64-bit)

Other PKWARE Components

 Component

Version

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Agent - Server

Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Agent – Desktop

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, Windows 10, 8.1

Smartcrypt Reader - Windows

Windows 8.1 and higher

Smartcrypt Reader – macOS

macOS 10.13 and higher

 

 

Features and Improvements

The following capabilities have been added to the Manager, Client or both in the current release.

 

PKWARE Enterprise Manager

PKWARE Enterprise Manager

Summary

Appliance / Windows

Version 18.7.86

Features

  • Ability to schedule lockers and assignments to run during specific time periods 
  • Display of compliance status for Smartcrypt policies in the Devices tab
  • Policy-based search criteria for the Devices table
  • Advanced remediation options for unencrypted multi-file archives

Archive Client Application

Summary

Windows, Mac, Linux

Version 16.60.0011

Features

  • Ability to schedule lockers and assignments to run during specific time periods  
  • Display of compliance status for Smartcrypt policies in the Devices tab
  • Advanced remediation options for unencrypted multi-file archives
Transparent Data EncryptionSummary

Windows

Version 3.40.3

Features

  • Upgrade to new FESF drivers

Other

Summary

‘Smartcrypt for Intune’ Mobile App

Features

  • Support for Azure App Proxy Pre-Authentication – for iOS

 

Fixed Issues

Component

ID

Title

Description

SEM

MGR-3933

Error in event log after Satellite Registration

A timing issue when registering an SEM account with CMDS can occur and cause an error with Performance Policies

SEM

MGR-3930

Data Center AD OU Path cannot be edited once value is set

In the Smartcrypt Appliance, once a Datacenter OU was defined, it was not able to be updated.

SEM

MGR-3927

Device record check optimization on master/slave are different

When a TDE Agent would sync with a replica in a SEM Cluster, an etag drift could occur and updates in policy would not take place on the agent.

SEM

MGR-3892

Policy failure with one TDE Key

TDE Key retirement calculation eliminated all TDE Keys from being passed out, so the TDE Agent was not getting any TDE Keys to use.

SEM

MGR-3855

Primary server still referred to as master

As part of renaming the Master node to the primary node, all visible labels were planned to be updated. A few were missed.

SEM

MGR-3817

Cluster - Replica warning still says "make changes on master"

As part of renaming the Master node to the primary node, all visible labels were planned to be updated. A few were missed.

SEM

MGR-1270

Cannot set "Verbose Logging User Ids" on replica nodes

When needing detailed logging for a specific user, a replica node would fail trying to set the value.

SEM

MGR-3854

Unable to use reset all log levels button on support page on non-primary

When on a replica support page, resetting the log levels would fail

SEM

MGR-3849

Admin API for Active Directory Connectors order should use PUT

Admin API using wrong type of update for an Active Directory Connector

SEM

MGR-3809

Admin API - Policy contingency_groups always includes Satellite email, contrary to UI

Admin API mishandling the contingency group field on archive policies

SEM

MGR-3836

Cluster Replica tried to write to database during AppSettings initialization

An initializer for PKMetadataServer.AppSettings had attempted to INSERT into the database and failed because the database was (rightly) read-only

SEM

MGR-3835

SameSiteStrict cookies in MDS to support modern browser updates

Modern browsers are becoming more strict on how /which cookies are allows. 

SEM

MGR-3832

Support page, typo in "pronouncable" password hash

Typo on pronounceable hash on the support page, introduced with master password rotation

SEM

MGR-3782

UpdateProcessor for RemediationAction got stuck complaining about nonexistent non-uniform Locker

A background queue that handles large updates could fail and repeatedly error

Windows Client

ARC-2395

Prompt for passphrase when decrypting several archives with right click option

Contingency key enabled archives when decrypted in mass (more than 1) were causing a prompt when the Smartkey should've been used

Windows Client

ARC-2327

Replace + re-zip not working

When working with a multi-file archive the items added back to the zip might not be the last version the user worked on.

Windows Client

ARC-2319

Partial Performance Policy Sync Offline

Agent will misbehave if the SEM went offline after the agent only synced 1 time as the agent doesn't have the details of the performance policy

Agent

ARC-2345

Updating file filter on remediation does not re-scan data

File filters being updated were not triggering re-scans in the agents.

Agent

ARC-2310

Re-encryption always aborts on error, even if configured not to

With the Admin API, however, it's actually possible to configure such lockers and assignments (and with SMDS 18.6 it's much easier to configure them this way), and it turns out that this flag doesn't actually work - if a single non-decryptable file is encountered inside an archive, the Agent (or Service) still aborts the entire operation.

Agent

ARC-2410

Password change (SID) causes unlink on second login

When an unmanaged user (or local user) changes their unmanaged password, a new SID is created and posted to the server. When a 2nd device logged requires entry of the new password, a new SID object is stored on the client, but the old SID is not discarded. This extra SID causes failure when checking the validity of the metadata on startup.

CLI

ARC-2336

Archivedate option works incorrectly with TGZ/TBZ archives

For simple archives such as ZIP and TAR, this works correctly, but for embedded archive types such as TGZ (TAR.GZ) and TBZ (TAR.BZ2) it ends up using today's date and time, presumably because it's getting them from the TAR file itself rather than its contents.

 

 

PKWARE Enterprise Manager Appliance – OS and Major Packages

For a full list of the packages included in your appliance, see the Systems/Packages page.

 

PKWARE Enterprise Manager Appliance

Package / OS

Version

Ubuntu

16.04.6 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Dotnet

3.1.7-1

Apache2

2.4.18-2ubuntu3.17

Postgresql

9.5.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Openssl

1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.16

Python3

3.5.1-3 amd64

 

 

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