Release Notes

7.27.0 OPSWAT Central Management release Mar 15, 2023

OPSWAT Central Management V7 (OCMv7), the newest version of the series, streamlines the product central configuration and added OPSWAT Client management to further enhance the security stance of organizations to protect against risky devices.

Built-in OPSWAT Client version


Windows Persistent Client 7.6.2302.185

Detailed release notes for OPSWAT Client are available here.

Windows On-demand Client 7.3.2302.85


macOS Persistent Client 10.4.2302.53


macOS On-demand Client 10.5.2302.32


Enhancements


HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) settings

HSTS settings can be enabled in the Nginx configuration file. It's disabled by default.

Please refer Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security for more information.

A new connection status of MetaDefender Kiosk Linux introduced: Pending

OPSWAT Central Management (OCM) marks the connection status of an instance to Pending after its enrollment if OCM has not received an acknowledgement from the instance.

This only applies to MetaDefender Kiosk Linux version 5.5 and above.

AD authentication via user principal name

AD users can now log into the OPSWAT Central Management via their user principal name.

Please refer to How do I log into OPSWAT Central Management for more information.

Display lockout time on login page

When a user has been locked out of OPSWAT Central Management after too many failed login attempts, the user can see how long the lockout period remains if the user tries to login again.

Updated text for a scan result in the Processing History page

To maintain consistency with MetaDefender Core, a scan result text has been updated:

  • Whitelisted -> Allowlisted

  • Blacklisted -> Blocklisted

Bugs Fixed


Could not update the vulnerability database to a newer version.

Added support for the new vulnerability database format.

A product group could be renamed to the same name as another existing group.

A group name is now unique.

The device details page showed blank SDK version for some cases.

SDK version is shown as N/A instead empty.

Deprecation Announcement


End of support announcement for Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2 in 7.27.0

OPSWAT Central Management 7.27.0 no longer supports Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2.

Other changes


Workaround to install OPSWAT Central Management on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04

Please refer to How To Install OPSWAT Central Management on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04? for more information.


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