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Release Notes for AdminX Broker

Patches Applied

1.07.05

September 7, 2023

Improvements

Improved Logging

  • Improved logging functionality to allow the broker IP address and port to be available.

Improved Traceability

  • Improved traceability to associate every incoming request with its request ID.

Fixes

Error-Handling During Forced Password Resets on Next Logon

  • This fix allows AD users who are flagged to change their password on their next login to be detected using the 773 error code from AD. When detected, the broker can now send signals to prompt a password reset through BlockID.

1.07.04

August 17, 2023

Fixes

Broker DNS Cache

  • Resolved a problem where the Broker DNCache was incorrectly storing queries with filters. This led to a gradual degradation in performance due to the cache being filled with incorrect queries and the broker spending time refreshing this erroneous cache.

1.07.03

June 29, 2023

New Features

Certificate Issuance Without NDES

  • Introduced a new feature that allows the Windows Broker to issue a certificate on behalf of the user without the need for an NDES server. This certificate is presented by the BlockID Credential Provider to authenticate a user at the time of Windows workstation login.

Synthetic Heartbeat

  • Introduced synthetic heartbeat that allows 1Kosmos to run a diagnostic in case of a connection fault between user management, Kafka, and broker. The heartbeat helps in identifying where a connection is dropped. The synthetic heartbeat also allows for measuring performance by providing insights into how much time it takes for a round-trip across user management, Kafka, and broker.

1.07.02

June 8, 2023

Enhancements

Broker Service on Windows

  • Added the ability to run the broker as a service on Windows machines. The Windows broker is now downloadable from AdminX.

1.07.01

May 18, 2023

Fixes

Log Size and Log Rotation Count

  • Minor fix to ensure the log size and log rotation count values are updated without requiring a broker restart.

1.07.00.01

May 1, 2023

Fixes

Custom LDAP Port Number

  • Fixed a bug where the broker was not able to fetch users from an LDAP directory when a custom port number was used.

1.07.00

January 26. 2023

Enhancements

Floating Value Support for Broker Maximum File Size

  • The maximum file size of the broker can be configured to support floating values for increased flexibility. The default maximum file size is 10MB

Improved Broker Logging

  • Improved broker logging to ensure the request ID is passed down from the upstream service that requested authentication for a user

1.06.04.02

January 10, 2023

New Features

Log Rotation

  • Added log rotation to prevent broker log size from growing indefinitely. Configuration settings are now available to manage:
    • logfilesizemb: The maximum size the log file can grow before rolling over to a new log. The default size is 10MB
    • logfilecount: The maximum number of log files that should be retained in the logs directory. When the count is reached, and a new log file needs to be created, the oldest log file in the directory will be deleted. The default count is 10

1.06.03

December 15, 2022

New Features

Password Reset for Active Directory Users

  • Active Directory users can now reset their password

1.06.02.01

August 18, 2022

New Features

Kerberos Support

  • Support for Kerberos authentication using Kerberos tokens and keytab files

Kafka Topics

  • Introduced Kafka topics to ensure continuity if a broker fails, allowing another broker to complete the work

Enhancements

LDAP Query Filter Support

  • We now support LDAP query search filters during user search and authentication

Propagation of Broker Request IDs

  • Propagation of Broker Request IDs across different loggers for ease of traceability

Search Optimization

  • Code optimization to improve performance on search

1.06.01

April 14, 2022

New Features

SCEP Support for Automatic Certificates Issuing

  • Support for issuing SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol) certificates automatically when a user attempts to enroll their authenticator

SCEP Agent Password Support for Broker Config

  • Ability to provide SCEP agent password directly from the broker config

Upgraded Logging Capability

  • Our logging capability has been upgraded to capture certificate generation, certificate expiration, and other information for debugging support