Users Guide
Resolved Technical Advisories v9.1
● When Client Firewall rules are added or edited in the Remote Management Console, Custom EtherType now accepts only
four characters, and values entered into the Domain name field are now validated. [DDPMTR-528, DDPMTR-732]
● In the Remote Management Console, when Core Networking rules are added or edited, the Connection types field is now
locked as expected and cannot be edited. [DDPMTR-562]
● In the Remote Management Console, an endpoint that has been previously removed can now be recovered. [DDPMTR-640]
● In the Remote Management Console, in Default/Custom Firewall rules, an "Invalid Signer" error no longer displays when an
executable is edited. The additional error present only in the Silverlight Console, "Specify one or more of the following
required...," also no longer displays. [DDPMTR-730, DDPMTR-1156]
● Authorization of the link between the Server and Dropbox now succeeds when Cloud Edition is deployed. [DDPMTR-748]
● When Cloud Edition is deployed and an external user activates against the Server, on the User Details page in the Remote
Management Console, the User Type no longer incorrectly displays as "AD." [DDPMTR-762]
● In the Remote Management Console, when an attempt is made to import an invalid or duplicate license, the previous generic
error message has been replaced with a message that more clearly describes the error. [DDPMTR-764]
● The Secure Windows Credentials policy is now correctly grouped with Fixed Storage Policies rather than with General
Settings policies. The SDE Encryption Enabled policy must be set to True in order for the Secure Windows Credentials to be
applied. [DDPMTR-786, DDPSTE-638]
● In the Compliance Reporter Mobile Device report, time stamps for commands sent to mobile devices are now correct.
[DDPMTR-839]
● In the Remote Management Console, Log Analyzer - Admin Actions now displays accurate data for endpoint policy changes,
and System Logs now displays login entries for users from sub-domains. [DDPMTR-911, DDPMTR-991]
● After uninstallation, wrapper logs are now removed as expected. [DDPMTR-913]
● The Threat Protection Security policy now disables all Threat Protection policies and features. [DDPMTR-1011]
● The Host Name field is now selected for inclusion by default and Host Names displayed in the Report Result are now correct
in the Compliance Reporter Threat Protection Details report. [DDPMTR-1014]
● Active Directory reconciliation no longer fails when one of multiple domains is offline or inaccessible on the network.
[DDPMTR-1153]
● Amended 02/2016 - In the Silverlight Console, an issue with the way cookies are handled that resulted in login failure with
the error, "Unable to Access User Admin Roles," has been resolved. [DDPMTR-1176]
● The upgrade error that occurred with an error logged regarding the UserEntity table, EID column is now resolved.
[DDPMTR-1237]
● The Threat Protection Security policy now disables all Threat Protection policies and features. The three policies, Malware
Protection, Client Firewall, and Web Protection, no longer have to be individually set to False. [DDPSTE-451, DDPMTR-1011]
Technical Advisories v9.1
● In the Remote Management Console, fields for policies with numeric values accept a "+" or "-" character immediately
preceding the policy value. To work around this issue, ensure that these characters are not included in policies' values before
the policies are committed. [DDPMTR-765]
● When running DDP|E with Deferred Activation, Cloud Edition policies may not flow from the DDP Server. If this occurs, in
DDP Remote Management Console, check the list of endpoints. The list includes both the host name and the Machine ID for
the computer. To work around this issue, ensure that Cloud Edition policies are set for the endpoint represented by the
computer host name. DDP|E policies must continue to be set on the endpoint represented by the computer Machine ID.
[DDPMTR-825]
● If Compliance Reporter default reports have been customized prior to upgrade, the previous version of customized reports
must be restored in order to continue to use them. However, after the previous version is restored, new reports included in
the upgrade are not available. [DDPMTR-870]
● When a self-signed certificate is created at installation, the certificate is valid from a time approximately six hours later than
the installation time, rather than being immediately valid. To work around this issue, on the Settings tab of the Server
Configuration Tool, check Disable Trust Chain Check. [DDPMTR-1195]
● Added 09/2015 - The CIDR format must be used to specify a subnet in Firewall Settings in the Remote Management
Console. [DDPMTR-1253]
● In the Remote Management Console, when Client Firewall rules are added or edited and ICMP Transport Protocol is selected
from the Transport drop-down menu, the Message Type displays the default message type as "Echo-Replay" instead of "All,"
as expected. [DDPMTR-1254]
● When using Windows Authentication to perform a new installation or upgrade, if the credentials of the logged on user differ
from the credentials of the domain services account and a certificate from a signing authority is used, the certificate must
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