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Reporter 9.5.1.1 ReleaseNotes
Reporter 9.5.1.1 ReleaseNotes
Reporter 9.5.1.1 ReleaseNotes
x Release Notes
Version: 9.5.1.1
Release Date: 03/25/2015
Document Revision: 1.0 on 03/25/2015
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Blue Coat Reporter 9.5.x Release Notes
Introduction
Before beginning the installation process, review the following sections.
"Reporter 9.5.x Features" on page 3Provides a quick reference for features
introduced in each release, with links to full feature descriptions.
"Important Notes" on page 3Information about running this version of Reporter.
"Installing/Upgrading Information" on page 3Provides a quick reference that links
to descriptions of customer-reported Service Requests (SRs).
"About Licensing" on page 4Provides information about the various Reporter
licenses.
"System Compatibilities" on page 4Lists which versions of various third-party
products are compatible with Reporter 9.x.
"Global Reporter Limitations" on page 7Provides any limitations that apply to all
Reporter 9.x releases.
"Reporter Documentation" on page 8Lists and describes the Reporter
documentation suite.
Direct support questions regarding this release to:
http://www.bluecoat.com/support
For questions or comments related to these Release Notes or any Reporter documentation,
send an e-mail to: documentation@bluecoat.com
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9.5.1.1
Reporter 9.5.1.1 is largely a fixed issue release and plus several enhancements.
"New Features in 9.5.1.1" on page 9.
Document Errata
Because this is a release that contains only minor enhancements, the online help, the
Initial Configuration Guide, and the Administration Guide were not updated. The
functionality remains the same as Reporter 9.4. The following link provides the latest
versions.
https://bto.bluecoat.com/documentation/All-Documents/Reporter
Important Notes
Reporter 9.5.x does not support the following.
Windows 2003 server.
32-bit operating systems.
If you attempt to install Reporter 9.5 on one of these, the InstallShield halts and displays a
message describing the incompatibility.
For those who currently run Reporter 9.4.x, Blue Coat recommends performing a new
installation of Reporter 9.5 and build new databases with new and/or previous log files.
Installing/Upgrading Information
This section discusses upgrading to Reporter 9.5.x from previous releases.
Sizing Information
Blue Coat strongly recommends that you consult the Blue Coat Reporter 9.x Sizing Guide
to verify that your Reporter system allotment is adequate.
https://bto.bluecoat.com/documentation/pubs/view/Reporter 9.x
https://bluesource.bluecoat.com/technicalresources/productmanuals
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About Licensing
Reporter 9.5.x features three available licenses:
Standard (default)Installing and running Reporter requires no license; however, the
default mode (also known as Standard License) limits log processing to 50 million
concurrent log lines. If log processing reaches this limit, Reporter halts processing
until lines are removed from databases or you install a higher level license
(recommended).
EnterprisePurchasing and installing an Enterprise License enables Reporter to
process up to 2.5 billion concurrent log lines.
PremiumPurchasing and installing a Premium License enables Reporter to process
up to 20 billion concurrent log lines.
After purchasing an Enterprise or Premium license, refer to the installation procedure in
the Blue Coat Reporter 9.4 Initial Configuration Guide.
System Compatibilities
Reporter 9.5.x supports the following 3rd party systems and products.
Note: Blue Coat Reporter 9.x can run on VMware systems. To be precise, Reporter runs
on supported Windows or Linux platforms, which might themselves be running on
VMware systems.
Servers
General
64-bit operating systems
Important: 64-bit databases are not compatible with 32-bit databases. Therefore, if
you processed logs on a 32-bit system and migrate to a 64-bit system, you must
reprocess all of your logs to generate new compatible databases.
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FTP Servers
Windows FTP (through IIS)
Linux: VSFTPD
Note: These are the FTP server types with which Blue Coat has tested Reporter.
Other FTP servers might function correctly, but they are not officially supported by
Blue Coat.
Windows
Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
Notes
Reporter supports Intel x86 and AMD64 processor architectures; Reporter does
not support Intel RISC processors (IA64).
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
5.8 (64-bit)
5.9 (64-bit)
6.3 (64-bit)
6.4 (64-bit)
As supported Linux versions change from time to time, refer to the following Blue Coat
Knowledge Base article (https://bto.bluecoat.com/FAQ1697What versions of Red Hat
Linux are officially supported by Reporter 9.x versions?) for the most current information:
The following are the Linux Reporter Binary Library Dependencies:
ldd bcreporter
libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00002ba56fc38000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00002ba56fe52000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00002ba570056000)
libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00002ba570357000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002ba5705da000)
libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002ba5707e8000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002ba56fa1c000)
OpenSSL
Windows versions of Reporter have the OpenSSL library built into the binary executable.
No external OpenSSL library is required. Linux versions of Reporter require an external
OpenSSL package to be installed on the system. For the highest security, Blue Coat
recommends OpenSSL 1.0.1.h.
Linux only: If you are using an older version of OpenSSL, work with your system
administrator to update your version of OpenSSL.
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Browsers
Blue Coat recommends the following browsers for Reporter access.
Languages
Reporter 9.5.x supports English, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, and Japanese.
While you might run Reporter on a system that supports user interfaces in your language,
Reporter is able to support only the specified languages.
Recommended Limits
Do not exceed the following recommended limits in Reporter 9.5.x.
Realms 10
Users 100
Roles 100
Groups 100
Databases 50
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Concurrent Users 50
FTP
On some Windows servers, the firewall might prohibit large FTP file transfers. This
causes FTP Log Sources to abort log processing and unload because of the fatal error.
Disabling the FTP firewall, or possibly increasing a restrictive custom timeout, allows the
Log Source to download the entire log file.
For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID:
931130 "Error message when you use and FTP client to download a large
file from an FTP server: "Connection closed by remote host"
Double-byte Characters
Double-byte characters in access logs are currently not supported in Reporter 9.x.
Reporter Documentation
This section lists the current Blue Coat Reporter 9.x Documentation Suite.
Blue Coat Reporter 9.4 Sizing GuideUse this reference to determine asset
requirements for your particular Reporter deployment.
Blue Coat Reporter 9.4 Initial Configuration GuideDescribes how to install
Reporter, how to configure the ProxySG appliance to upload access logs to a
dedicated server, and how to create a profile and user role. Also includes installation
best practices and troubleshooting.
Blue Coat Reporter 9.4 Administrators GuideProvides tasks and best practices for
Blue Coat Reporter administrators. Tasks include policy for backing up access logs,
alternative methods, and troubleshooting.
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Blue Coat Reporter 9.5.x Release Notes
Be advised, if you are upgrading from 9.4.x (that is, installing Reporter 9.5.x to
replace the current 9.4.x version), some Reporter users might experience connection
failures with certain older browsers. If use of the older browser is required, change the
ssl_v3 value to true, which should mitigate the issue.
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Note: Some Firefox browsers experience a known behavior where the following
error message accompanies a connection failure.
Firefox cannot guarantee the safety of your data on <host>.
because it uses SSLv3, a broken security protocol.
This is a misleading message because it indicates that the browser is not compatible
with the TLS level of underlying Reporter OpenSSL library. You can mitigate this by
enabling ssl_v3, as described above, but the side effect is that other SSL
vulnerabilities might be exposed.
Fixes in 9.5.1.1
SECURITY
The following discovered security issues were resolved (May, 2013). ProxySG
appliances that provide the cloud services at datacenters received fixes to address the
vulnerabilities from the SSL v3 POODLE attack. For more information, refer to the
following vendor page.
Blue Coathttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa83
Database
Reporter failed when mismatched OpenSSL and Crypto libs were loaded. (B#201437)
Exporting
(Partial Fix) Allow user to specify sort order for bar graph entries. Introduces a new
report_generation_settings.reverse_graph_sort setting in the
preferences.cfg file. If this setting is set TRUE, bar graph entries sort vertically to
match the order of the entries in the table below the graph. This applies to PDF
exporting only; you cannot yet change the order on the Management Console (UI)
reports.
(B#199223)
Web API
Extend web API to generate reports in JSON format.
(B#199712)
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