5.3.1.4 Release Notes

Overview

Extreme Security Threat Protection version 5.3.1.4 is a firmware update to version 5.3.1.

New Functionality

The Network Protection appliance can now be installed and deployed on a VMware platform. The following VMware Tools are integrated in the Network Protection image:

  • power on
  • power off
  • restart
  • suspend
  • resume

The CLI analysis mode has been added.

Fixes

The following issues were fixed in firmware version 5.3.1.4:
  • 74586 - The title of the Network Traffic Details for User page does not display the user IP address. To view the Network Traffic Details for User page, click Monitor > Traffic Details by User, and then click a user in the Traffic Details table.
  • 74573 - Traffic can be dropped for several seconds if a security XPU is applied while a URL or application database is being updated.
  • 74520 - You cannot upload a Local User Database Archive file that has parentheses in the file name.
  • 74361 - Packets collected by the packet capture feature are truncated to 1500 bytes because the value is hard coded.
  • 74192 - The appliance terminates bypass mode before it is ready to accept network traffic, which causes packet loss.
  • 62988 - When some policy changes are deployed, network users sometimes experience stalled or dropped connections and network disruption.

Known Issues

Firmware update 5.3.1.4 contains the following known issues:
  • LMI pages do not always open correctly in the Chrome browser.