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v9.5.1 Release Notes for CyBlock Software & Virtual Appliance Release Notes

Category: Release Notes

Enhancements

  • System
    • Upgraded Java Run-Time Engine to Version 11.
    • Caching product update information to prevent constant polling while on home screen.
  • Settings
    • Email
      • Replaced all legacy e-mail client with newer version.
      • Added option for e-mail client to connect using ssl.
      • Added SSLStart capability to e-mail client.
    • Secure interface
      • Forcing TLS1.2 for default interface certificates.
      • TT-2232 Added Subject Alternate Names as option to generating Certificate Signature Request.
  • Reporting
    • Log File Text Parser 
      • Updated next generation reporting engine to parse web type data configurations. Product now capable of reading multiple record types for single data configuration.
    • Added Office365 reporting module.
      • Added configuration option in Data Management – Setup.
      • Added Office365 option in Report Templates including all available reporting fields for creating Office 365 report sections.
      • Updated Reporting engine to pull data from Office 365 data stored in metric server.
  • Data Management
    • Added option to compressed log data that was generated by Wavecrest product (eg. syslog, or CyBlock).  This option is disabled by default.
  • User Management
    • Authentication – Bypass
      • Added ability to assign custom username to use for individual bypass rule.

Corrections

  • System
    • Removed log4j and replaced with latest fully patched log4j2 version. 
    • Improved UI speed by removing unnecessary health check calls.
    • Removed unused libraries from installer.
    • Implemented new library implementation for tracking CPU and Memory usage for Windows installs.
  • Data Manager – Log File Download
    • TT-2340 Fixed calendar incorrectly setting last available download date.
  • Reporting
    • Dashboard Charts – Trend – Classifications
      • TT-2235 Corrected parameter issue that caused chart to not load.
    • Report Manager
      • TT-2314 Fixed the no network segments exist message.
  • Categorization
    • TT-2291 URLs that are uppercased in log source now properly match to list or custom URL entries.
  • Web Management – Web Search
    • Corrected Google Safe Search feature that prevented safe feature being applied to google search requests.

v9.5.1 Release Notes for Cyfin

Category: Release Notes

Enhancements

  • System
    • Upgraded Java Run-Time Engine to Version 11.
    • Caching product update information to prevent constant polling while on home screen.
  • Settings
    • Email
      • Replaced all legacy e-mail client with newer version.
      • Added option for e-mail client to connect using ssl.
      • Added SSLStart capability to e-mail client.
    • Secure interface
      • Forcing TLS1.2 for default interface certificates.
      • TT-2232 Added Subject Alternate Names as option to generating Certificate Signature Request.
  • Reporting
    • Log File Text Parser 
      • Updated next generation reporting engine to parse web type data configurations. Product now capable of reading multiple record types for single data configuration.
    • Added Office365 reporting module.
      • Added configuration option in Data Management – Setup.
      • Added Office365 option in Report Templates including all available reporting fields for creating Office 365 report sections.
      • Updated Reporting engine to pull data from Office 365 data stored in metric server.
  • Data Management
    • Added option to compressed log data that was generated by Wavecrest product (eg. syslog, or CyBlock).  This option is disabled by default.
    • Syslog
      • TT-2287 Removed hostname look-up for each UDP syslog record received.

Corrections

  • System
    • Removed log4j and replaced with latest fully patched log4j2 version. 
    • Improved UI speed by removing unnecessary health check calls.
    • Removed unused libraries from installer.
    • Implemented new library implementation for tracking CPU and Memory usage for Windows installs.
  • Data Manager – Log File Download
    • TT-2340 Fixed calendar incorrectly setting last available download date.
  • Reporting
    • Dashboard
      • TT-2337 Fixed Palo Alto Traffic chart query that was failing because Classifications is not available for Palo Alto Traffic categories. 
      • TT-2337 Fixed Palo Alto Traffic chart query using wrong indices when querying data.
    • Dashboard Charts – Trend – Classifications
      • TT-2235 Corrected parameter issue that caused chart to not load.
    • Report Manager
      • TT-2314 Fixed the no network segments exist message.
  • Categorization
    • TT-2291 URLs that are uppercased in log source now properly match to list or custom URL entries.

v9.5.0 Release Notes for Cyfin

Category: Release Notes

Enhancements

  • Log File Configurations
    • Added SonicWall VPN firewall parser to existing SonicWall VPN configuration. This allows configuration to track network activity for active VPN sessions.
  • Report Templates
    • Added Bytes to VPN Heatmap metric options.
    • Updated Hits VPN Heatmap metric to use firewall connectivity information instead of just sessions logons and logoffs.

Corrections

  • Data Management – Import
    • Added catch for handling incorrect URL formats that was causing import to fail.
  • Setup – Restore
    • Fixed inability to properly upload Restore Point.
  • Log File Text Parser
    • Corrected byte storage from int to long to prevent parsing error when total bytes is greater than max int value causing record to be thrown out.

v9.4.8 Release Notes for Cyfin

Category: Administration, Release Notes

Enhancements

  • Log File Configurations
    • Added Palo Alto VPN configuration
  • Report Templates
    • Added device OS, device Name, and VPN Server to VPN report template. Device OS and Device Name only available in Palo Alto VPN Configuration currently.

Correction

  • Reporting
    • Corrected successive interactive report drilldown causing browser error.

V9.4.3 Release Notes for Software & Virtual Appliance Release Notes

Category: Release Notes

Enhancements

  • Custom Report Header
    • Upgraded the custom report header feature to not require a file to be selected, but instead provide an in-browser HTML editor for users to customize. A toggle button has also been added to enabled and disable this feature. Existing custom report header configuration will be retained in displayed in new HTML editor. The new screen is located in the menu under Settings – Reports – Custom Header. 
  • User Management – Import Users
    • Added new Metric Server Sync option in the Manage screen to allow for usernames to be imported from the metric server to the product. This feature is enabled by default and will place usernames not currently in the product or being imported from AD or text file into the product in the group “Ungrouped IDs”. 
    • Updated the behavior of “Inside the Product” configuration to now allow users that already exist in the product under the group “Ungrouped IDs” to be moved to their imported Group.  Users that are in other groups will not be moved. 
  • Policy Reports
    • Web Categories
      • Created new Blocked Web Categories Policy report located in the menu under System Status – Policy Reports – Web Categories that includes:
        • Blocked categories grouped by time frame filter id
        • White/Black Listing
        • Blocked YouTube videos
        • Groups and IDs
      • Added link from the Web Management – Application Controls and Filter – Categories screen to the new policy report.
      • The report includes the options to filter the content to only show:
        • Blocked content and No Groups and IDs or vice versa or both (Default)
        • Only policies that have Groups and IDs assigned to them.
    • Groups and IDs
      • Moved the Groups and IDs policy report from System Status – Policy Reports to User Management – View in the product menu.
    • Moved existing Policy Reports screen to System Status – Policy Reports – Other Policies.
  • Real-Time Monitors
    • Added option to only show blocked requests
  • Secure Interface
    • Created ability to generate Certificate Signature Request (CSR) to facilitate certificate generation for secure interface. This new feature is location in Settings – Secure Interface screen.

Corrections

  • Reports
    • Corrected issue preventing Cloud Services reports from running when the product was configured with list version 10.
  • Memory Configuration
    • Fixed upgrade issue that reset the product memory to minimum setting until the VM was rebooted. The memory setting will not be affected during this and future upgrades.

V9.4.3 Release Notes for Cyfin

Category: Release Notes

Enhancements

  • Real-Time Monitor
    • Cyfin customers that have syslog data configuration will now have a new feature to able to watch their syslog traffic in real-time. This new feature is located under Real-Time Monitors – Web.Users will have to option to filter the data they are looking at by:Groups and IDs
      • Categories
      • Blocked Requests only
      • Log Data source (if more than 1 syslog configured)
  • User Management – Import Users
    • Added new Metric Server Sync option in the Manage screen to allow for usernames to be imported from the metric server to the product. This feature is enabled by default and will place usernames not currently in the product or being imported from AD or text file into the product in the group “Ungrouped IDs”. 
    • Updated the behavior of “Inside the Product” configuration to now allow users that already exist in the product under the group “Ungrouped IDs” to be moved to their imported Group.  Users that are in other groups will not be moved. 
  • Policy Reports
    • Groups and IDs
    • Moved the Groups and IDs policy report from System Status – Policy Reports to User Management – View in the product menu.
  • Custom Report Header
    • Upgraded the custom report header feature to not require a file to be selected, but instead provide an in-browser HTML editor for users to customize. A toggle button has also been added to enabled and disable this feature. Existing custom report header configuration will be retained in displayed in new HTML editor. The new screen is located in the menu under Settings – Reports – Custom Header.
  • Product Menu
    • Updated product to only display Reports – Dashboard – Palo Alto Traffic menu option if there is at least 1 Palo Alto data configuration.
  • Secure Interface
    • Created ability to generate Certificate Signature Request (CSR) to facilitate certificate generation for secure interface. This new feature is location in Settings – Secure Interface screen.
  • Product Menu
    • Removed Sample Reports from product menu.
  • User Interface Libraries
    • Updated jQuery library version to remove security vulnerabilities.
  • License
    • Updated license notification message to include number of days left in both the Dashboard screen and the Settings – License screen.

Corrections

  • Reports
    • Corrected issue preventing Cloud Services reports from running when the product was configured with list version 10.
  • Memory Configuration
    • Fixed upgrade issue that reset the product memory to minimum setting until the VM was rebooted. The memory setting will not be affected during this and future upgrades.
  • Log File Configurations
    • Corrected the parser for Fortigate 6.0 to correctly allow it to be imported.