Release Note for CTE v7.6.0 for AIX

Release Note Version	Date
v7.6.0.27	2024-06-25

This release of CipherTrust Transparent Encryption (CTE) for AIX adds new features, fixes known defects and addresses known vulnerabilities.

New Features and Enhancements

• Partial Config Push Support enabled for CipherTrust Manager

  When you click Notify All Hosts, CipherTrust Manager sends only the updated server list to the clients, not the entire configuration. When you make changes to the configuration information and click OK in any window, then CipherTrust Manager sends only the client configuration information changes (delta) to the clients, and not the entire configuration.

• Data Transformation Log Levels Enhanced

  Two new parameters have been introduced:

  • --applog_level: Overrides what is sent by the key manager. This affects the log files that reside in /var/log/vormetric/vordxf.

  • --console_level: Affects the logging sent to the console (terminal).

  See Data Transformation Logs

Resolved Issues

• AGT-48629 [CS1505722]: CA with a 72 year expiration gives a negative expiration time

  In calculating end dates on Certificates over 68 years from current date, there was a mathematical error resulting in an overflow. The solution was to clarify the ordering of the mathematical operation.

• AGT-48642: Uninstalling CTE from a non-standard directory with a long directory path is failing on AIX

  Failure occurred if GuardPoints were setup because the because the path to vmd was truncated. The solution was to use the entire path.

• AGT-54859: AIX crashes when using AHAFS monitoring

  The issue was caused by a configuration/implementation error with the AIX Event Infrastructure for AIX and AIX clusters (AHAFS).

Known Issues

• AGT-48611: AIX upgrade from 7.1.0.33 to 7.5.0.25, on a DSM, with existing GuardPoints causes IO to hang

  Work-around

  Restart the agent or reboot the machine.