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2021-09-September


 

 

PKWARE Release Notes – September 2021                                     

 

Release Version: PK Protect September 2021

General Availability Date: October 1, 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

PK Endpoint Manager

v19.00.65

PK Endpoint Agent - Persistent Data Encryption (PDE) Agent

v17.00.0011

PK Transparent Server Agent (TDE)

v3.60.10

PKWARE SDK

Java 2019.7.4 / .NET 2020.2.4

PK Protect Mobile App for iOS

2.0.0

PK Protect for Intune Mobile App for iOS

2.0.0

PK Protect Mobile App for Android

2.0.0

PK Protect for Intune Mobile App for Android

2.0.0

 

PK Endpoint Manager / PK Endpoint Agent Application Version Compatibility

PEM Version

Archive Client Application Versions

PEM v19.00.65

September 2021

Endpoint Agent: 17.00.0011 (Sept ’21), 16.90.0006 (Jun ’21), and 16.80.0009 (Mar ’21)  

Transparent Server Agent (TDE): v3.60.10

 

 

 

 

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.

 

PK Endpoint Manager

Operating System Type

Version

Microsoft Windows

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2

Browser Type

Version

Internet Explorer / Edge

Internet Explorer 11 / Edge 94.x

Firefox

92

Google Chrome

94

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

PK Endpoint Agent

Operating System Type

Version

Microsoft Windows

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2

Windows 11, 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

 

 

IBM i

Software: IBM i 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1

Hardware: Power 7, 8 and 9

Operating System Type - Mobile

Version

PK Protect for iOS

14

PK Protect for Android

11  

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

Windows 10, 8.1 (64-bit)

Linux – RedHat

RedHat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)

Linux – SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)

Linux – Ubuntu

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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

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

MacOS

Big Sur (11), Catalina (10.15)

Linux – RedHat

RedHat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)

Linux – Ubuntu

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Other PKWARE Components

Component

Version

PK Transparent Server Agent (TDE) - Server

Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2012 R2

PK Transparent Desktop Agent (TDE) – Desktop

Windows 11, 10, 8.1

PK Protect Reader – Windows

Windows 8.1 and higher

PK Protect Reader – macOS

macOS 10.13 and higher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features and Improvements

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

 

PK Endpoint Manager Manager

PK Endpoint Manager

Summary

Appliance / Windows

Version 19.00.65

  • Smartcrypt Rebranding to PK Protect
    • Product name changes in the administrative interface and end-user facing client GUI
    • New application icons, encrypted file overlays, pop-up windows and help files
    • New color palette in the administrative interface
  • Large File-Based Discovery Dictionaries
    • Discovery dictionaries can be created importing large, line delimited files .txt files for use in discovery and remediation actions
    • Support for discovery and redaction of dictionary entries for .pdf files is limited to text-based .pdf files
  • Improved Email Workflows
    • Revision to external recipients warning prompt to list recipients by email domain
    • Ability to optionally send the passphrase of an encrypted file through ‘recents’ menu
    • Support for appending email subject and/or header tags so messages can be routed to a Secure Email Gateway for processing
  • Redaction Support on macOS
    • The ability to use redaction on macOS client workstations
    • Support of redaction on macOS will be equivalent to the files, types and options offered with Windows-based redaction
  • System Configuration Alerts in PEM
    • Ability to define minimum CPU, memory, disk space and replication frequency settings and receive on-screen warnings of observed settings are outside the configured boundaries

PK Endpoint Agent

Summary

Windows, Mac, Linux

Version 17.00.0011

Features

  • Smartcrypt Rebranding to PK Protect
    • Product name changes in the administrative interface and end-user facing client GUI
    • New application icons, encrypted file overlays, pop-up windows and help files
    • New color palette in the administrative interface
  • Large File-Based Discovery Dictionaries
    • Discovery dictionaries can be created importing large, line delimited files .txt files for use in discovery and remediation actions
    • Support for discovery and redaction of dictionary entries for .pdf files is limited to text-based .pdf files
  • Hit Counts in Discovery Expressions
    • DSI reporting will show the hit counts of sensitive items per discovery pattern, per file when expressions are used to configure filter bundles in remediation actions
  • Improved Email Workflows
    • Revision to external recipients warning prompt to list recipients by email domain
    • Ability to optionally send the passphrase of an encrypted file through recents menu
    • Support for appending email subject and/or header tags so messages can be routed to a Secure Email Gateway for processing
  • Redaction Support on macOS
    • The ability to use redaction on macOS client workstations
    • Support of redaction on macOS will be equivalent to the files, types and options offered with Windows-based redaction

Other

Summary

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Issues

Component

ID

Title

Description

Client

ARC-269

Malformed DSI when re-encrypting archive that used Passphrase with Contingency Group

DSI would be corrupt and cause Auditlogs to fail to get stored inthe appliance and never flush

Client

ARC-2724

Included Folder filtering not working

File Filters set to include (whitelist) folder locations not working

Client

ARC-2739

Crash on login caused by MFA and clock skew

When a client would login with MFA and a clock that didn't agree with the PEM, a recursive login crash would occur

Client

ARC-2753

Invalid date on fields caused Agent Crash

The Smartcrypt Agent could crash when it encountered a file with a invalid modified date

PEM

MGR-3797

Redaction Mask not exported with Discovery Filter Bundle csv

Missing data in export

PEM

MGR-4262

Remediation Action deletion referential integrity check includes deleted lockers

Deleting a remediation action was allowed for a in user locker, causing invalid config

PEM

MGR-4445

Modifying filter filter by removing all values causes assignments page error on loading

Default filter was getting modified and then failing to be found on the assignments page

PEM

MGR-4389

Discovery - editing Bundle, removing Include/Exclude flag does not register as a change

No change was being saved

 

 

 

PK Endpoint 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

20.04.3 LTS

Dotnet-host

5.0.9-1

Dotnet-runtime

3.1.18-1

Apache2

2.4.41-4ubuntu3.4

Postgresql

12+214ubuntu0.1

Openssl

1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.8

Python3

3.8.2-0ubuntu2

 

 

 

PKWARE Software Checksums

 

New PEM Updates:

Type

Sha256 Checksum

Windows Installer

896FC3475AAA69AA560C22BBFA35C6329ACACEB3A442C5B6BC3770FC5D31B3B1

 

Appliance Upgrade

70B0E1146A63F3634919083D86B336DA8A7A1D9A3C1780896B0BB7F042E41342

 

Appliance OS Upgrade

7E9618385D17151147F159CD42B521FE6AA9929484AD3B1564931B11A840E29A

 

Base PEM VM:

Format

Sha256 Checksum

OVA

A7D372935FD5FFEDB21603355898C12E37562945D327B9FD608ED51865D44404

QCOW2

8B5474BDBE96BB9D0A00CE142BD0CAADA5FE2BC87CC82C74A47134AB42B0E5DE

VHD

E2503B080E858F10DADBD340FD8B931535AE07D3DB9E7BA017C5C3121CBC816D

 

 

 

 

PEM Supporting Software:

Product

Checksum

PowerShell Azure App Helper (Create App)

C1D169C0B20980D4E7C80E883D149E345971F75CF6ED4DDFB5AFD7CC36802164

 

PowerShell Azure App Helper (Delete App)

189BBFB48022FCE61146E3FA66BAD3E438B70D816B6EFB77CABEBB185207DAB8

 

Elasticsearch 7.9.2

4170906335279E5697FCE15C8C8326AEAF8255FB442D9FE6C5A7527E150B5526

AdoptOpenJDK 11

6EB277A3E9305FDF380900D20F4EF7A474F13FDBC92F7709B57945F6FFDC80FC

 

 

PK Endpoint Agent (Archive Agent):

Platform

Checksum

Windows 64-bit

752F09CF8176DBD7A42EA485B3E8C3F1E225E388CB27521AC49741B616E8110B

Windows 32-bit

DF98FC80FF2A906D654DBB3B2A121712BE6A0EAA453CC0C641FD408E1AE80AF9

 

Windows Masking 64-bit

​​​​​​​CDFA015D9958C40E28463801FAAB327ABAA66E5FA4CF250F258DC16924ED2B70

 

Windows Masking 32-bit

0546ACEF667AE10F00F61E38226F6BCF70F7970B95F9EB0495009DFA44851373

 

macOS

420F1A016E5FFA80FB4192CEFB1E26087D38D3AB164822A1C661B5A631C4D7CC

 

deb 32-bit

2CBD65784AC7A3134E63B93507A48481F9013F39A74B312476B72DF82FDC57CB

 

deb 64-bit

FE4314BE9B882061A8ADB86B11EFE36D5F488B534B50C5B1E4DC6BB0D4995441

 

rpm 32-bit

5DE8ECD4CF175A62C572DE53C5883557CB9DC67390513EA3BCF571C5EFEEE92A

 

rpm 64-bit

16A898B6314BA2583DBFA9FAA06E03C0826EBDEC10DC1016CE2FE731065B6106

 

HP-UX IA 64-bit

6928884991921A2F0774416E2919CBE747F48BC9A23801779D4B9FF41C3687C0

 

aix bff

6928884991921A2F0774416E2919CBE747F48BC9A23801779D4B9FF41C3687C0

 

sun4u pkg

F01CA1B7353B9A0006DD0761DB681E92B3502B66868BEF6DF996E81935FD30DB

 

i86pc pkg

F593F77AF423E9A2363269ED14EB51852626A45714C0C2862C4E93561C2A6C96

 

 

Windows Deployment JSONs:

Type

Checksum

Standard Version

B2C129992176A826AFE40050E867B84F2ACB7B0FEF24C0C3E79265C08A6BCF00

 

Masking Version

8DF6401DF9D43DF56EC57EBB7609F2DEB691D83FBC60FD32A93BF3FFB24F5CF6

 

 

 

Transparent Server and Desktop Agent (TDE)

Download

Checksum

DesktopTDE 64-bit

49F6C3970CF181B9FB565DAFAD1FB841CF4BFDBBE1895CA1ABFA4F5DD87F97B9

 

DesktopTDE 32-bit

374BD73661CF13369A036DFEF4CA49B023C50A7A7DBBA94E9943A27740179FC5

 

TDE 64-bit

6F48BEE7DCB5EB438AF148BAC4EEE7521F1F851035F6BA730DDAAF51FE64E6DB

 

TDE 32-bit

243252EAFF9D271C4A48A072156EF980A92C2D4E9AA9BC7DC3F7B648C0557EC0

 

 

Classification

Installers

Checksum

Boldon James Manual Installer

9D0BDDF0E836CC3AC856B5B9FAA95AAEF274BC5635E05D960CB116CEA87DCF6B

 

PKWARE Bundled Installer

CE32BECE4CD0D88EF3D2ABE7475EE4FA5B1050D2F4DE254292BD687B443A2A68

 

 

 

Related documentation


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