Host Access Management and Security Server 12.4.2 - New Features and Release Notes

This document lists the new features and fixes in Host Access Management and Security Server version 12.4.2.

New Features since version 12.4.0

Host Access Management and Security Server 12.4 Update 2 includes the following features (in addition to the 12.4 features described in Technical Note 2885):

• The HTTPS Certificate Utility provides the ability to generate a new private key and a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), and then import the signed certificate and private key.
• Java update 8u131
• Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.0.43
• Bouncy Castle is the provider for keystore operations. The cryptographic files have the .bcfks extension. See KB 7021635 for more information.
• On the Security Proxy Server, multiple cipher suites of the same key type can use the same certificate. That is, all RSA cipher suites use one RSA certificate, and all DSA cipher suites use one DSA certificate.

Fixes since version 12.4.0

• To resolve issues where installation and starting of applications may be slow or appear to hang on headless UNIX systems, urandom was added to the Management and Security Server installer as the Entropy Gathering Device (EGD).

• Resolved vulnerabilities:

Resources

For the latest Security Updates, see https://support.microfocus.com/security/?prod=MSS.

For technical resources including documentation and technical notes, see https://support.microfocus.com/product/?prod=MSS.

For product information--including the Management and Security Server (MSS) Add-Ons, see https://www.attachmate.com/products/mss/.

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