Proactive Notification for availability of Advanced Authentication 9.1.04 (aka SP4, AA Service Pack 4)

Products

• CA Advanced Authentication - Strong Authentication (AuthMinder / WebFort)
• CA Advanced Authentication
• CA Advanced Authentication - Risk Authentication (RiskMinder / RiskFort)

Issue/Introduction

FYI only - Proactive Notification for availability of 9.1.04 (aka SP4, AA Service Pack 4).

Environment

Release : 9.1.04 (SP4)

Component :Strong Authentication

Cause

None. Proactive Notification.

Resolution

The  ETA for 9.1.04 is April 17, 2023.  Please refer to the document pointed by this link -  https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/advanced-authentication/9-1/release-notes-9-1/new-features-and-enhancements.html. This documentation also talks about the JSP changes etc. to help you retrofit your customizations at AA SP4.

The upgrade procedure to SP4 is shared via the AA this documentation link - 

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/advanced-authentication/9-1/upgrading/upgrade-from-release-9-x/upgrade-to-9-1-sp4.html 

 

Additional Information

As at SP4 JSPs etc. will change, we will update this KB to reflect the files that have changed so you can retrofit your customized modules as needed.  Here are some related documentation links to review.

• New Features and Enhancements
• Release Comparison Matrix

As AFM war is where most customizations are made here is an example list of AFM related five JSPs that have changed at AA SP4. Come April 17th, 2023 the AA technical docs will have a section like below sharing the JSP changes from AA SP2 ==> AA SP4 and AA SP3 ==> AA SP4 also. The information like below should be helpful to those who have AFM customizations.

AA SP1 to AA SP4 : (5 changed JSPs for AFM)

• pushNotification_callout.jsp
• controller_aotppush.jsp
• aotpprovisioningsteps.jsp
• consolidatedprovisioningsteps.jsp
• pushprovisioningsteps.jsp