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2021-06-June
PKWARE Release Notes – June 2021
Release Version: Smartcrypt June 2021
General Availability Date: July 7, 2021
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 | v18.10.80 |
Archive Client Application - Persistent Data Encryption (PDE) Agent | v16.90.0006 |
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Agent | v3.50.2 |
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 | 1.7.8 |
Smartcrypt Mobile App for Android | 1.7.2 |
Smartcrypt for Intune Mobile App for Android | 1.7.2 |
PKWARE Enterprise Manager / Archive Client Application Version Compatibility
PEM Version | Archive Client Application Versions |
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PEM v18.10.80 June 2021 | PDE Agent: 16.90.0006 (Jun ’21), 16.80.0009 (Mar ’21) and 16.7.0008 (Dec ’20) TDE Agent: v3.50.2 |
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 86.x |
Firefox | 89 |
Google Chrome | 91.x |
Safari | 14.x |
Database Type | Version |
PostgreSQL | 12.5 |
MSSQL | SQL Server 2016, 2014, 2012 |
Web Server | Version |
Internet Information Server (IIS) | IIS 10.0, 8.5, 8.0, 7.5 |
Archive Client Application | |
Operating System Type | Version |
Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, Windows 10, 8.1 |
MacOS | Big Sur (11) (with M1 chip – using Rosetta 2), Catalina (10.15) and Mojave (10.14) |
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
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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 | 14 |
Smartcrypt for Android | 11 |
Smartcrypt SDK | |
Language | Version |
Java v2019.7.1 | Dependencies: - Java 8 or higher JRE |
Application Operating System | Version |
MacOS | Big Sur (11), 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 | Big Sur (11), 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 | |
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PKWARE Enterprise Manager | Summary |
Appliance / Windows Version 18.10.80 | Features · Integration with Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) o PKWARE can identify files with no MIP label and apply an MIP label o PKWARE can identify PKWARE encrypted files, decrypt them and apply MIP labels o Support for a script to automatically create an app in Azure and allow an Admin to import the app configuration information into the PEM · Support for Microsoft DKE when PEM goes through a proxy to reach the Internet · Redaction Support for Email o Discover and redact sensitive information in subject lines, message bodies and attachments o Discovery and redaction support applies to embedded images in message bodies and native image files or embedded images in attachments o Support for both email messages and meeting invites · New Device Search Capability o Support for a new search tool to more easily find information that reside in the informational tables in the user interface o The new search capability applies to the ‘Devices’, ‘Lockers’, ‘Accounts’ and ‘Deployments’ pages · Ability to Change the Location of the Temp Files o Admins can now change the location the temp files are written to, from the default location · Max Memory Configuration in Performance Policies o A setting to define the ‘max memory’ consumption has been added to the performance policy configuration page |
Archive Client Application | Summary |
Windows, Mac, Linux Version 16.90.0006 | Features · Integration with Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) o PKWARE can identify files with no MIP label and apply an MIP label o PKWARE can identify PKWARE encrypted files, decrypt them and apply MIP labels o Support for a script to automatically create an app in Azure and allow an Admin to import the app configuration information into the PEM · Redaction Support for Email o Discover and redact sensitive information in subject lines, message bodies and attachments o Discovery and redaction support applies to embedded images in message bodies and native image files or embedded images in attachments o Support for both email messages and meeting invites · Ability to Change the Location of the Temp Files o Admins can now change the location the temp files are written to, from the default location · Max Memory Configuration in Performance Policies o A setting to define the ‘max memory’ consumption has been added to the performance policy configuration page |
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Fixed Issues
Component | ID | Title | Description |
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PEM | MGR-4340 | Archive Policy page throws data table error | Error occurred when force upgrade table has rows enabled in system with contingency keys present in system |
PEM | MGR-4315 | Changing the hostname on an appliance shuts down app server | Code was shutting down the pkmds service w/o restarting it |
PEM | MGR-4288 | Admin API allowed image discovery to be configured even it not licenses for functionality | No license/entitlement check was performed when enabling image redaction through the Admin API |
PEM | MGR-4287 | Admin API fails to modify image discovery settings on assignments | The Admin API had no result on updating an existing assignments usage of image discovery |
PEM | MGR-4286 | Security Administrators making Super Systems Admins getting bad error | A internal code was returned in the UI when a user was making an administrator without the proper privileges |
PEM | MGR-4258 | Null Reference when displaying remediation action as read-only admin | A certain data item was not allowed to be viewed as a read-only admin and causing an error to be thrown |
PEM | MGR-4247 | Validation issues on appliance network page | PEM would assume net mask value of "/24" when it is not provided and cause exceptions |
PEM | MGR-4141 | Read-only admins allowed actions in AD Connectors | The diagnose action was available to a read-only admin in correctly |
PEM | MGR-4072 | Cluster replicas presented editable options incorrectly in support page | Adjusted support pages to only allow debug mode as a valid option on a read-only replica |
Client | ARC-2561 | Improved support for smartpoint processing on NFS shares | Agent was operating too quickly on files in NFS shares |
Client | ARC-2539 | Improved performances in IOPS calls in smartpoint processing | Agent had slightly elevated IOPS due to some new functionality added. IOPS correctly to normal levels |
Client | ARC-2641 | Performance policy not properly limiting utilization of resources for Discovery Agent | Data Discovery Agent seems was not restricting CPU controls |
Known Issues
Component | Title | Description |
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Outlook Plugin | Email redaction not redacting sender’s calendar entries | Sensitive information found in meeting invite subjects, message bodies and attachments are redacted for all senders and recipients. The calendar entries created by the meeting invites are only currently redacted for the recipient, and not the sender. |
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 Virtual Appliance | |
|---|---|
Package / OS | Version |
Ubuntu | 20.04.1 LTS |
Dotnet-host | 5.0.6 |
Dotnet-runtime | 3.1.15-1 |
Apache2 | 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.1 |
Postgresql | 12+214ubuntu0.1 |
Openssl | 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.4 |
Python3 | 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 |
PKWARE Software Checksums
New PEM Updates:
Type | Sha256 Checksum |
Windows Installer | A8F648FCABF3C0003E5C4A95C3B07D84C10E43CFD038749BF6EF53AD717B30EF |
Appliance Upgrade | C86231F775E46CF61D4D28D9CAAC95FF5E20631F58E25EE4FD9ED10AC66D1EED |
Appliance OS Upgrade | B5B27D23E6FAF1744307CD9A1023B9FC482386758EAFB00BA1D859B31718C2E2 |
Base PEM VM:
Format | Sha256 Checksum |
OVA | A7D372935FD5FFEDB21603355898C12E37562945D327B9FD608ED51865D44404 |
QCOW2 | 8B5474BDBE96BB9D0A00CE142BD0CAADA5FE2BC87CC82C74A47134AB42B0E5DE |
VHD | E2503B080E858F10DADBD340FD8B931535AE07D3DB9E7BA017C5C3121CBC816D |
PEM Supporting Software:
Product | Checksum |
PowerShell Azure App Helper (Create) | C1D169C0B20980D4E7C80E883D149E345971F75CF6ED4DDFB5AFD7CC36802164 |
Elasticsearch 7.9.2 | 4170906335279E5697FCE15C8C8326AEAF8255FB442D9FE6C5A7527E150B5526 |
AdoptOpenJDK 11 | 6EB277A3E9305FDF380900D20F4EF7A474F13FDBC92F7709B57945F6FFDC80FC |
Smartcrypt Archive:
Platform | Checksum |
Windows 64-bit | 86960F623EEB70BDC492E292FE1A2AD1E80D29CB5728562906B26991EC04C708 |
Windows 32-bit | 566CFCADC309F8C98E9B1ED3C10C2B65D2CFC07B896BCA8CE0827672BE5BE8B3 |
Windows Masking 64-bit | DE73ECF87EF8E9542851807CBB8EF62A6F34723499FB7DBCE7CAA2162B7E82EF |
Windows Masking 32-bit | F84614A56E150384CE532529854E4F03DA26635F7B3D71EB3CB2F6B2D14C86DE |
macOS | 6A06FBAF30BB59AE92A151A896DADBA649EE96D86BF683B9EFCA27EB0196D2D1 |
deb 32-bit | A3C2D600C4BA2529E393DF04BF8556F218CD05B89910D6B45E06D4988B26C5C0 |
deb 64-bit | E9A3E5C0972C3FC620AAB22126C910D457C127A1A4971915570F39221F9B4041 |
rpm 32-bit | 358BD32B24E2F55EB5F52F2FA6A3155BB1C04F0BE905D5EEC1FEEAF7D865DAF6 |
rpm 64-bit | 5705351C5480768F1EE526F73DFE915AD9F5E44BC33FC850B844ADB45A728A64 |
HP-UX IA 64-bit | 67395D7A613844BE25165345E3D1235CA059D81553664888C18339A77767BEDD |
aix bff | D1E2BB96BFA93D759427E5E50AFB112A743CF8DFC4CBA16E648DCC126C3A8584 |
sun4u pkg | EBB89D16BEC64F01D0EA717283BB3EA490239F8AD50B30019F151BC8CC084607 |
i86pc pkg | FA637D3CA5BAD250F93B0ED3231A5DCB053E2B041A4A982046D81EC2F00DE16E |
Windows Deployment JSONs:
Type | Checksum |
Standard Version | F5439C5A84A1C576521D49F787F774DE5C723C85761249BC182BFA78E939D61E |
Masking Version | FE32213CBD4FC431D25027F8BC827DC2D1FDFDEBA11F5717AEA77C24C206CBA3 |
TDE
Download | Checksum |
DesktopTDE 64-bit | 2A1822EA6036EA25021FC7EAAF8BA1E4B4FC65F94857A97A513634E70376CC7E |
DesktopTDE 32-bit | F6B1B458BD11A47BA0277BA436962CD64D8DB0C54300DF102E91EA54E7DE44B6 |
TDE 64-bit | 2F803A84A09981FD737EB78A490E6947C5B25906EFF550035B41237693014AFD |
TDE 32-bit | 791F6F6FE32770234F238178F1D25E5C3A8F9D58E185FBCA59E97D06499ABFCB |
Classification
Installers | Checksum |
Boldon James Manual Installer | 9D0BDDF0E836CC3AC856B5B9FAA95AAEF274BC5635E05D960CB116CEA87DCF6B |
PKWARE Bundled Installer | CE32BECE4CD0D88EF3D2ABE7475EE4FA5B1050D2F4DE254292BD687B443A2A68 |
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