Increased security for downloading the FlexNet Inventory Agent

IT Asset Management version 2024 R1.2

From this release onwards, the self upgrade packages will be delivered with digital signatures to verify integrity and ownership. The purpose of this change is to provide enhanced security measures for data obtained by an agent for inventory or upgrade purposes.

The FlexNet Inventory Agent will only download and install upgrade packages from the FlexNet Beacon where the digital signature can be successfully verified.

Use of new self upgrade packages - customers must upgrade existing FlexNet Beacons along with all FlexNet Inventory Agents, as older beacons and agents will not support the new self upgrade packages. If self upgrade functionality is not used (for example, if third party deployment manages agent versions deployed in a customer's environment), this requirement does not need to be met.

Important: If you choose to upgrade to FlexNet Inventory Agent version 22.2.0 and later, you MUST also upgrade your FlexNet Beacon to version 22.2.0 and later. This relates to the replacement of the old agent policy with the new flxconfig component to handle agent configuration. The new agent configuration allows for greater security, and replaces the existing mgspolicy and ndlaunch components.

For customers that use the self upgrade functionality for agents and beacons, self upgrade to FlexNet Inventory Agent versions 22.2.0 and later is available from version 22.2.0 of the FlexNet Beacon onwards.

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