Advanced Authentication 6.0 Patch Update 2 includes new features, improves usability, and resolves several previous issues.
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This release introduces the following feature:
Advanced Authentication introduces Credential Provider Chaining to support the Sophos SafeGuard Credential Provider, which can also be used to integrate with the any other third-party Credential Providers.
For more information about integrating Advanced Authentication with Sophos SafeGuard, see Configuring Integration with Sophos SafeGuard 8.
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 6.0 Patch Update 2 includes the following software fix:
Issue: When a user tries to unlock a session on the Mac Client after the Mac Client is put into the locked mode and at least an hour has passed, an error Endpoint session not found is displayed.
Fix: Users can now continue unlocking the session without any errors.
Issue: With the Kerberos SSO configured, when a domain user tries to log in to the Advanced Authentication Self-Service portal on the Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browsers, the user is not auto logged in.
Issue: An error, The FIDO local service is unavailable is displayed for the FIDO U2F authentication on Google Chrome for the web authentication (SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0) when Device Service is not installed.
You can update to Advanced Authentication 6.0 Patch Update 2 from Advanced Authentication 6.0 and 6.0 Patch Update 1.
For more information about updating the appliance, see Performing an Online Update
in the Advanced Authentication Installation and Upgrade guide.
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