The Filr 24.2 release is an update for Filr 23.4. This release includes new features, enhancements, and defect fixes.
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This section summarizes the new features and enhancements in the Filr 24.2 release.
Sharing files through Share Link is made more secure. The users can set the password for the share link. This feature is available only for users with an Advanced or Trial license.
This feature is supported on the Filr Web Client, Windows Desktop Client, and Filr Mobile Clients (Android and iOS). This feature is not supported on the Mac client.
Filr Administrator can now set the share link settings. In the Administrator console, under Share and Comment Settings > Share Link Settings, you can see the following options:
Allow Share Links to be password-protected - when this option is enabled, a user is presented with an option of password-protecting their Share Links at the time of creation or modification.
Apply Filr's Password Policy when setting passwords for Share Links - when this option is enabled, users can set passwords for the share links adhering to Filr's Password Policy.
For more information, see Share Link Settings
Based on the Share Link Settings, the user can see the following options in the Share Link dialog.
Secure this link toggle button - The user can secure the share link by turning on this toggle button.
Password - The user can set a password for the share link adhering to Filr's Password Policy." Adhering to password policy is required only if Administrator has configured it.
The recipients must be provided with the share link and the password for the share link in order to view or download a shared file.
For more information, see What is a Share Link?, How to generate a Share Link or a Password-Protected Share Link?, and How to modify the password for a password-protected share link? in the OpenText Filr 23.4 - Frequently Asked Questions. Also, see Distributing a Link to a File in the OpenText Filr 23.4 Mobile App Quick Start Help.
Filr is updated to support TLSv 1.3 along with TLSv 1.2 network security for all Filr transactions. This improves security hardening.
NOTE:Filr Web Client by default supports TLSv1.3. The other Filr Clients (Desktop, Mobile, Outlook) continue to use TLSv1.2.
For more information, see Filr System Requirements in the OpenText Filr 23.4: Installation, Deployment, and Upgrade Guide.
The following are the customer issues fixed in Filr 24.2:
When renaming a file in Filr, if the file name has an emoji, an invalid error message is displayed.
Appserver logs are flooded with JITS and Full sync net folder messages, using excessive disk space.
Filr Desktop Client displays ‘Logout’ in the system tray menu, even though the user is not logged in.
Filr doesn’t support Elliptic Curve Certificate (ECC).
Filr Web and Desktop clients intermittently logout users with Filr 23.4 and Advanced Authentication.
Fix for brute force attacks and CAPTCHA in Filr.
jQuery -UI (1.13.1) vulnerability update.
The Content Editor user ‘cool’ change password is not reflected in the appliance dashboard.
The following are the limitations found in Filr 24.2:
You do not have the option to display share link passwords as clear text in Windows desktop Client for Filr.
When you try downloading a file shared through a password-protected share link using the wget command, it fails.
The following are the known issues in Filr 24.2:
The application appears to trust the user-supplied Host header. It was found that the Host header is vulnerable to the user's input due to a lack of server-side input validation.
To avoid "Host Header Injection" the admin has to add host.header.validate=true in /opt/novell/filr/apache-tomcat/webapps/ssf/WEB-INF/classes/config/ssf-ext.properties and restart filr.service
If a file shared through a protected share link has ‘%’ in its file name, you will not be able to download the file using the share link.
If a file is:
Shared using a non-secured Share Link
Sent as Email Via Filr
Then, you have to revoke/delete the existing non-secure share link and generate a new Share Link if you want to secure the resource
This section provides you the prerequisites for updating Filr 24.2.
Updating Filr and Search Appliances: You must update the Filr appliance to version 24.2. Filr 24.2 is available as an online update to Filr 5.0 appliances or later. For more information, see Updating Filr through Online Update Channel.
Updating Content Editor Appliance: You must update the Content Editor appliance to version 24.2. For more information, see Applying Online Updates.
Updating PostgreSQL Appliance: You must update the PostgreSQL appliance to 23.4.1, see Applying Online Updates.
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