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2022-31-October

Release Version: PK Protect October 2022

General Availability Date: October 31, 2022

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

v19.4.108

PK Endpoint Agent - Persistent Data Encryption (PDE) Agent

v17.40.24

PK Transparent Server Agent (TDE)

v3.80.6

PKWARE SDK

Java 2020.2.1 / .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 v19.4.108

  Oct 2022

Endpoint Agent: 17.40.24 (Oct ‘22),17.30.0011 (Jul ’22) 17.20.0011 (Apr ’22), and 17.10.0017 (Jan ’22)

Transparent Server Agent (TDE): v3.80.6

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 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2

Browser Type

Version

Edge

Edge 97.x

Firefox

105.x

Google Chrome

106.x

Safari

15

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 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2012 R2

Windows 11, 10, 8.1

 MacOS

Ventura (13.x), Monterey (12.x), Big Sur (11.x) (with M1 chip – using Rosetta 2)

 Linux – RedHat

RedHat 5 or greater   

 Linux – SUSE

10 and greater on x86, and x86_64

 Linux - Ubuntu

14.04 (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

15.x

PK Protect for Android

11

SDK                                                                      

 Language

Version

 Java

 v2019.7.1

Dependencies:

-      Java 8 or higher JRE

 Application Operating System

Version

 MacOS

Monterey (12), Big Sur (11)

 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

Monterey (12), Big Sur (11)

 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 2019, 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 19.4.108

  • New Outlook Add-In – (Technology Preview)
    • Update to the existing Outlook integration to use the current Microsoft Add-In technology
    • Support for various remediation types for subjects, message bodies and attachments, using Discovery plus,
      • Block
      • Warn
      • Encrypt
      • Redact
      • Send to Secure Mail Gateway
    • Customization of actions, prompts, terminology, workflows, etc
    • Support for Windows and macOS
  • Azure AD for Authentication
    • Support for Azure AD as an ‘identity service’ with which admin and client systems authenticate through the PEM
    • Can be used in addition to, or instead of on-premises Microsoft AD
    • PEM supports Microsoft AD, Azure AD and local user accounts
  • Preserving File Date Properties
    • Optional settings to preserve or modify the ‘Last Accessed’ and ‘Last Modified’ file data properties when redacting a file
  • Updated Page and Subpage Navigation
    • Updates were made to the organization of the page / subpages within the PEM, for improved navigation and user experience
    • *See below for a comparison between the current and prior version page navigation, in the ‘Implementation Notes’ section

PK Endpoint Agent

Features

  • New Outlook Add-In – (Technology Preview)
    • Update to the existing Outlook integration to use the current Microsoft Add-In technology
    • Support for various remediation types for subjects, message bodies and attachments, using Discovery plus,

§  Block

§  Warn

§  Encrypt

§  Redact

§  Send to Secure Mail Gateway

    • Customization of actions, prompts, terminology, workflows, etc
    • Support for Windows and macOS
  • Azure AD for Authentication
    • Support for Azure AD as an ‘identity service’ with which admin and client systems authenticate through the PEM
    • Can be used in addition to, or instead of on-premises Microsoft AD
    • PEM supports Microsoft AD, Azure AD and local user accounts

  • Preserving File Date Properties
    • Optional settings to preserve or modify the ‘Last Accessed’ and ‘Last Modified’ file data properties when redacting a file


 

Fixed Issues

Component

ID

Summary

Details

Affected Version

PEM

MGR-4845

Invalid data on Encryptions by Location Dashboard

Dashboard was reporting redaction results not encryption results.

19.0+

PEM

MGR-4840

Smartkey sorting in-consistent on encryption remediations

On file remediations that contain a list of smartkeys, the sort order of the Smartkeys was not properly controlled.

18.5+

PEM

MGR-4836

QLabs user authentication failing to authenticate administrator into PEM

PEM authentication failed with valid credentials to the QLabs management interface.

18.8+

PEM

MGR-4835

Dashboards display issue in non-standard timezone

If environment configured in non-standard timezone, the Dashboard fails to display graphs properly.

18.5+

PEM

MGR-4835

Imported Discovery Filter Bundle failing to process on client

Imported DFB  sending invalid values to the client for discovery settings causing failures in scanning

19.2+

PEM

MGR-4824

Datacenter rules for controlling user traffic not working

Identities are not obeying data center rules so that all identities are routed to the primary node.

19.3+

PEM

MGR-4783

Reporting page level + tags column now displaying

When viewing DSI data, the show level and show tags option is not working

19.1+

PEM

MGR-4733

File filter edits not elided on locker edits

Changes to file filters and lockers not processed correctly

19.3+

Client

ARC-3021

Agent attempts to log in to CMDS

Agent may revert to logging in on CMDS given mismatch of SMDS registry setting

16.8+

Client

ARC-3001

Deadlock and bottleneck based on Java exception processing

When reporting and handling a java exception in discovery or redaction a bottleneck/deadlock could occur

17.0+

Client

ARC-2987

Smartpoint rename causes wrong agent status

Agent status and stats incorrect when rename occurs

17.2+

Client

ARC-2868

macOS MFA prompt not occurring at correct time

MFA not prompting until login closed

17.1+


Implementation Notes

Updates were made to the organization of the page / subpages nesting within the PEM, for improved navigation and user experience. The following section illustrates the changes made in the October (19.4.108) release as compared to the July (19.3.103) release.

19.3.103 July 2022




19.4.108

October 2022



Actions




Actions



System




System




System Status



Status



Database




Database



Network




Elasticsearch


Domain




Network



SNMP




Domain



SSL




SNMP



Package




SSL



Log




Package


Basics





Log


Advanced




Basics




Licenses



Advanced




Azure




Licenses



Performance



File Filters



Reports




Data Center



Health




Cluster


Identities





Azure



Connectors




Performance


Accounts




Reports



Admins




Health



MFA



Identities




Authentication



Connectors


Dashboard





Accounts



Home




Admins



Search




MFA



Config




Authentication

Archive




Dashboard




Policies




Home



Discovery




Search



Remediations



Config



Classification


Archive




Communities



Policies



Assignments



Email



Lockers




Classification


Deployment



Communities


Devices




Assignments


Support




Lockers


MIP





Deployments


DKE Keys




Devices



Labels




Support



Applications


Discovery




Config




Bundles


TDE





Regexes



Agents




Dictionaries



Keys




Config



Access Policies


Remediations



Protection Policies



File 


SDK





Email



Applications


MIP




Application Keys



DKE Keys


Support





Labels



General




Applications


Propagation



Config



Processor



TDE




Scripts




Groups



Tasks




Agents


Reporting





Keys



Log




Access Policies


Config




Protection Policies

Events




SDK




Log




Applications


Levels




Application Keys


Config



Support








General







Propagation






Processor







Scripts







Tasks






Reporting








Log







Config






Events








Log







Levels







Config











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

20.04.4 LTS  

Dotnet-host

6.0.9-1

Dotnet-runtime

3.1.29-1

Apache2

2.4.41-4ubuntu3.12

Postgresql

12+214ubuntu0.1

Openssl

1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.16

Python3

3.8.2-0ubuntu2

 

PKWARE Software Checksums

New PEM Updates:

Type

Sha256 Checksum

Windows Installer

2604A1ECF988EE625FFDA9DAB73A542E4C2941495CB797FBD299D95FCB5B643A


Appliance Upgrade

4E944606FD1CF4C82D38158FBFC5AE7C9984F445765F3CBBCC12589BBCB1159D


Appliance OS Upgrade

689A4B22F539ABDA7626FA1243222289CD000106FB3AE566057B8BCC643B1F6E

                 

 

Base PEM VM:

Format

Sha256 Checksum

OVA

A7D372935FD5FFEDB21603355898C12E37562945D327B9FD608ED51865D44404 

QCOW2

8B5474BDBE96BB9D0A00CE142BD0CAADA5FE2BC87CC82C74A47134AB42B0E5DE 

VHD

E2503B080E858F10DADBD340FD8B931535AE07D3DB9E7BA017C5C3121CBC816D 

 

PEM Supporting Software:

Product

Checksum

PowerShell Azure App Helper (Create App)

E7CE0827A46B9B062EB2B74DAD0FF8A184A31A5CEF7C6F13DBE73D9271F581BE


PowerShell Azure App Helper (Delete App)

189BBFB48022FCE61146E3FA66BAD3E438B70D816B6EFB77CABEBB185207DAB8


Elasticsearch 7.9.2

1EAF78D94C37EA8ACECF0B2702FC71E54E2A73259CD777056FA92361D8EB0890 

AdoptOpenJDK 11

6EB277A3E9305FDF380900D20F4EF7A474F13FDBC92F7709B57945F6FFDC80FC


 

PK Endpoint Agent (Archive Agent):

Platform

Checksum

Windows 64-bit

79F23D903EB48A2ABF4065C106A069C9B2C16033B1B42D224C001032141078AC


macOS

160CA92DFF62872C2D5EFB9D997B02C7ABABF3220ED2D2D282B111093F1BCC85


deb 32-bit

7912CB933F86CECEE444A72EE47D93C849E902451695E798884AFE6867B62308

deb 64-bit

73AFCDC04316FFB502B86D64E23E40B3B4E1B5687FC206C8681CD09015E7EFBC


rpm 32-bit

698A680CD2805A97C45FBC2FE240D5247992BB9149FF7F2A67DEE24B0B167C36

rpm 64-bit

4E14F63FEA813AE5AA6545AE471CE74C767B0A0079400CFCDB0151C32297B1B4


Linux Discovery Supplemental Package

DCD0C3573090425E90A4780C360DBB6492402AC51ACF311A7AE28405D4F0B5F4


aix bff

No AIX Release

sun4u pkg

7C74861059A741E5561919425BDFA463907C1E0DBDD7CBE6A54205C737E37D68


i86pc pkg

804CE185DAB39531800A03DB3EF4ACD5FB5C7AD81124E5A922536EE1CD66668D


 

Windows Deployment JSONs:

Type

Checksum

Upgrading from 16.9 or newer

6CAE9E774F99BC3718B98CB9790D3AC210F623F7F0282C7028941DB427993C37

Upgrading from 16.8 or older

7757772263B3721AFA477CCEACA786417C434895072F495755619087E2AF87F1


  

Transparent Server and Desktop Agent (TDE)

Download

Checksum

DesktopTDE 64-bit

C90F03D9FE4615CC567D8ED185D710A7CEA07323819420293258D1BCAE439940


DesktopTDE 32-bit

CBC00E41949A515534A10D8FE25236E4CCAD0C6927B1B0AB561F5E6ABFCDF79B


TDE 64-bit

5919029843031A5182C86B33B985AEF90F18B4BF72FDCBF57058DE0AA59EFD9A


TDE 32-bit

BBAD65C2F11A806E76A329F8289CF338385BBBAB783C247872629750459EAEE3


 

Classification

Installers

Checksum

Boldon James Manual Installer

BA433550CD65DD99BF44527FF1D68B532C0DD5D59A8C9F10F71062DE8A5D1FEB


PKWARE Bundled Installer

CB77049DF9935C33401C996660D674A32D23B841A8748DA23716F224160411A3


Related documentation


Questions and Support

Support Hours and Contact Information

  • Monday through Friday 8-6 Eastern Time Zone
  • Technical Support 937.847.2687
  • Customer Service 937.847.2374
  • Request Tech Support Form

Support Links

 

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