AirZip is pleased to announce
version 4 of our FileSECURE product. This release
contains many new enhancements, bug fixes and introduces
the new AirZip branding and logo.
FileSECURE is without question the most advanced and
flexible enterprise rights management tool on the
market, and version 4 solidifies this position.
Because of the number of security enhancements, it is
recommended that customers upgrade to this latest
version.
Version 4 is a logical progression from 3.x, but due to
the new licensing mechanism implemented which is
fundamentally different from the previous one, it was
necessary to bump the version number. The new part
numbers introduced with FileSECURE 3.1 in February, 2005
remain in effect for version 4.
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Supported
server environments now include:
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Apple Mac OS X (Tiger or later) |
Hewlett-Packard HP-UX 11.11 and
11.23
(PA-RISC and Itanium) |
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IBM AIX 5.1 and
later |
Linux RedHat
AS3 and SuSE SLES9
(x86 and POWER) |
 Microsoft
Windows XP, 2000, 2003 |
 SGI Altix with
ProPack 4 |
Sun
Solaris 8 or later (SPARC)
Solaris 10 (SPARC and x86) |
 |
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The licensing
mechanisms in FileSECURE have been enhanced to allow
FileSECURE to be effectively used in an ASP (hosted)
environment, something needed by service providers;
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Integration
with the following LDAP servers is now supported:
IBM SecureWay
IBM Directory
Server
Lotus Domino
Microsoft
Active Directory
Tivoli
Directory Server
Novell eDirectory/NDS
Sun One
Directory Server;
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LDAP
synchronization speed is improved.
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FileSECURE’s
ability to work with proxy servers and firewalls has
been substantially enhanced;
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For security
reasons, Super User and Manager are no longer permitted
to save their passwords. If the security level for the
Organization defined by the Manager is High, then
Authors and Readers will also not be able to save their
passwords;
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FileSECURE now
stores the full UNC path when securing files. This
allows easy distinction between files with the same name
in different folders;
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Users can now
secure attachments and the body of messages from inside
Microsoft Outlook;
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The AZS viewer
has been updated and is now able to render and view over
370 different file formats (up from 250 in version 3.x).
See list;
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The embedded
database performance is much improved;
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Changed the
reference to “Domain” in FileSECURE to “Organization
ID”. The word domain was confusing to customers because
of the similarity to Microsoft Domains. Organization ID
represents this more accurately;
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FileSECURE 4
implements a completely new licensing mechanism
providing customers with a much more reliable and easy
way to track their license usage;
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There have been
several improvements to the FileSECURE Control Panel
making it easier to use;
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A number of
System Modal dialogs are now Application Modal allowing
users to switch between applications more easily;
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Users will
always be notified if they are connecting to a FileSECURE server that does not have a valid CA
certificate. The message was previously suppressed by
request of a few customers. This is a security risk,
and the message has been restored. The solution is to
simply acquire a certificate from a CA authority;
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Organization
Recovery (private) keys can now be stored in a user
specified location;
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Organization
Recovery (private) keys now contain the name of the
Organization allowing easier management of these by
service providers;
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Due to
licensing changes as well as enhancements in the
client/server API, FileSECURE 4 clients and servers
cannot interoperate with previous versions. Customers
can easily upgrade to FS4 as the security database
remains compatible and the version 4 installer handles
any other differences;
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VNC and VMWARE
have been added to the list of remote access tools that
are prohibited by FileSECURE;
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Several
additional recently discovered screen capture programs
are now blocked.
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[Japan only]
The Ricoh Hanbei RIDOC documentation management system
has been fully integrated with FileSECURE;
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[Peoples
Republic of China only] Approved encryption mechanism
for China. FileSECURE has been updated to support
hardware encryption devices required by the China State
Commission of Cryptography Administration. FileSECURE is
now the first and only foreign software security product
approved for use in China. In this release, we support
the USB encryption sticks manufactured by Westone.
Customers and resellers can purchase the USB sticks
directly from Westone. All resellers will require a
security sales license issued by the Chinese government
in order to sell these devices. It is expected that
support for other USB security device vendors will be
added in the future.
