Standalone Sentry new features

For new features and enhancements provided in previous versions, see the release notes for those versions.

This section provides summaries of new features and enhancements available in this release. References to documentation describing these features and enhancements are also provided, when available.

Standalone Sentry features common to UEM platforms

The following new Standalone Sentry features and enhancements are available for the UEM platforms:

  • Support for IBM Lotus Notes Traveler: IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 11.0.1 is now supported with this release.

  • Support for VMware ESXi 7.0: VMware EXSi 7.0 is now supported for Sentry 9.13.0.

  • Support for AWS inplace upgrade: The AWS inplace upgrade is now supported with Sentry 9.13.0.

  • Support to enable HSTS on web services that talk to web browsers: Enabling HSTS (RFC 6797) enforces secure HTTPS connection between web services that talk to the web browsers and Standalone Sentry. By default, HSTS is disabled. For more information, see "Enabling and disabling webservice HSTS" in the Standalone Sentry Guide.

  • Validate signature for authentication requests: When configuring a Federated Pair in Access, the checkbox labeled "Validate signature for authentication requests" should be enabled. For backward compatibility, this option is unchecked for the existing pairs. Ensure that the SP/IdP metadata is updated and enable the checkbox.

  • Support for Netapp ONTAP share v9.6P4: Netapp ONTAP share v9.6P4 is now supported with Standalone Sentry 9.13.0.

  • Support for open-vm-tools: The open-vm-tools rpm is now installed by default when Sentry runs on VMware platform and is not required to install the VMware tools manually. For more information, see "Installing VMware tools" in the Standalone Sentry Installation Guide.

  • Support to add Login Banner: Login Banner can now be added to display disclaimers on the login screen. For more information, see "Login" in the Standalone Sentry Guide.

  • Support to add idle Timeout: You can now add idle session timeout for Sentry System Manager. For more information, see "Timeout" in the Standalone Sentry Guide.

Standalone Sentry features for Core

This release does not include new features or enhancements for Core.

Standalone Sentry features for Cloud

This release does not include new features or enhancements for Cloud.