PingAccess

Release Notes

The following release notes summarize the changes in current and previous PingAccess agent for Apache (RHEL) updates. Updated July 22, 2024.

Version History

  • Version 1.6.0 – July 2024

    Agent SDK for C version 1.4

    • If you use a Web + API application, the vnd-pi-resource-cache PingAccess agent protocol (PAAP) header now contains an additional path so Web + API applications can cache both cookie and authorization header token-types. For more information, see the Cache multiple token-types for Web + API applications entry in the PingAccess 8.1 release notes, and the agent.cache.defaultTokenType property on the RHEL agent configuration page.

      Existing agent environments ignore the new vnd-pi-token-cache-oauth-ttl header and additional paths in the vnd-pi-resource-cache header.

      To see the performance boost, upgrade to PingAccess 8.1 and upgrade to the latest version of the RHEL agent. Otherwise, continue to use an earlier agent version.

    • Configure a PingAccess Apache agent or the PingAccess agent for IIS to block requests that contain bad characters in the URI, query parameters, form parameters, or request body without having to reach out to PingAccess for a decision. Added eight new properties to each agent:

      1. agent.request.block.xss.characters

      2. agent.request.block.uri.characters

      3. agent.request.block.query.characters

      4. agent.request.block.form.characters

      5. agent.request.block.xss.http.status

      6. agent.request.block.uri.http.status

      7. agent.request.block.query.http.status

      8. agent.request.block.form.http.status

      For large scale or more complex blocking decisions, it’s best practice for the agent to reach out to PingAccess for a decision. Learn more in the RHEL agent configuration page.

  • Version 1.5.2 – September 2021

    Agent SDK for C version 1.3

    • Added an option to override the default X-Forwarded-Host header with a specified header.

  • Version 1.5.1 – April 2021

    Agent SDK for C version 1.3

    • Fixed an issue that caused large bodies sent through POST preservation in an agent deployment to be corrupted.

  • Version 1.5 – June 2020

    Agent SDK for C version 1.3

    • Added support for RHEL 8

    • Added agent inventory callback API

    • Removed support for RHEL 6

  • Version 1.4.1 – February 2020

    Agent SDK for C version 1.2.1

    • Fixed a potential security issue

  • Version 1.4 – June 2019

    Agent SDK for C version 1.2.0

    • The PAA Enabled directive can be used inside a directory or location container.

    • Added ability to set policy caching mechanism using a property in the agent.properties file.

    • Added ability to enable or disable agent processing for a request based on a note field.

    • Fixed a potential security issue.

  • Version 1.3.2 – November 2018

    • Fixed a potential security issue

  • Version 1.3 – February 2017

    • Added support for Apache 2.4 on RHEL 6.

    • The agent can be disabled for specific hosts using the new configuration option: PaaEnabled.

  • Version 1.2 – May 2016

    • Added support for IBM HTTP Server

  • Version 1.1 – December 2014

    • Added Support for Apache 2.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

    • Corrected a potential security issue related to caching, SECBL007. This security bulletin is available in the Ping Identity Support Portal.

  • Version 1.0 – July 2014

    • Initial release