Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 6 resolves specific previous issues. This document outlines why you should install this patch update.
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Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 6 provides the following enhancements and fixes in this release:
This release introduces the following security enhancement:
The TLS 1.1 is considered as insecure protocol. Therefore, it is disabled by default to prevent any security vulnerabilities and secure the data transmission between the Advanced Authentication server and the web portals such as, Self-Service portal, Helpdesk portal, and so on. In some cases, if you want to enable the TLS 1.1, an option has been added in the HTTPS options policy to enable the TLS 1.1.
For more information about the Enable TLS 1.1, see HTTPS Options.
Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 6 includes the following software fix:
Issue: One of the Advanced Authentication server that has been upgraded to either 5.6 Patch Update 4 or Patch Update 5 is not able to process the RADIUS authentication requests. Therefore, the logs contain an error 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'register'.
Fix: Now, the issue has been resolved and the users are able to authenticate using RADIUS.
You can upgrade to Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 6 from any one of the following versions:
5.5
5.5 Patch Update 1
5.6
5.6 Patch Update 1
5.6 Patch Update 2
5.6 Patch Update 3
5.6 Patch Update 4
5.6 Patch Update 5
NOTE:After you upgrade to 5.6 Patch Update 6, the Database (DB) slave servers are susceptible to a replication conflict. To resolve this conflict, click Fix in the Conflicts section on both the DB master and slave servers. Such conflicts will not occur again.
To upgrade from versions prior to 5.6 Patch Update 2 to the latest version, you must first upgrade to 5.6 Patch Update 2 and then migrate using the Export and Import feature.
For more information about upgrading, see Upgrading Advanced Authentication
in the Advanced Authentication Installation and Upgrade guide.
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