PingAccess

Agent for Apache (SLES) Release Notes

These release notes summarize the changes in current and previous PingAccess agent for Apache (SLES) updates. Updated July 18, 2024.

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.6 (July 2024)

Agent SDK for C compatibility

Info

Compatible with the Agent SDK for C version 1.4.

Cache multiple token-types for Web + API applications

New PA-15516

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 SLES 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 SLES agent. Otherwise, continue to use an earlier agent version.

Block bad characters in Apache and IIS agent deployments

New PAA-251

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

Learn more in the configuration page for your agent:

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

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.5.2 (September 2021)

Agent SDK for C version compatibility

Info

Compatible with Agent SDK for C version 1.3.

Override default X-Forwarded-Host header

New

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

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.5.1 (April 2021)

Agent SDK for C compatibility

Info

Compatible with Agent SDK for C version 1.3.

Fixed POST preservation corruption

Fixed

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

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.5 (July 2020)

Agent SDK for C compatibility

Info

Compatible with Agent SDK for C version 1.3.

Added ability to send agent inventory information toPingAccess

New

Added agent inventory callback API.

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.4.1 (February 2020)

Agent SDK for C compatibility

Info

Compatible with Agent SDK for C version 1.2.1.

Fixed a potential security issue

Security

Fixed a potential security issue.

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.4 (June 2019)

Agent SDK for C compatibility

Info

Compatible with Agent SDK for C version 1.2.0.

Use PAA Enabled inside a directory or location container

Improved PAA-57

You can now use the PAA Enabled directive inside a directory or location container.

Set the policy caching mechanism in agent.properties

New PAA-75

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

Manage agent processing for a request based on the note field

New PAA-90

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

Fixed a potential security issue

Security

Fixed a potential security issue.

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.3.2 (November 2018)

Fixed a potential security issue

Security

Fixed a potential security issue.

PingAccess Agent for Apache (SLES) 1.3 (March 2017)

Initial release

Info

Initial release for Apache 2.2 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and Apache 2.4 on SLES 12.

Version is aligned with PingAccess agent for Apache (RHEL).