Further increased security for downloading the FlexNet Inventory Agent
From this release onwards, similar to the security enhancement previously released for
downloading and installing self upgrade packages, the
InventorySettings.xml file will also be delivered with digital
signatures to verify integrity and ownership, with the purpose of providing enhanced
security measures for data obtained by an agent for inventory purposes.
The FlexNet Inventory Agent will only download the InventorySettings.xml file
from the FlexNet Beacon where the digital signature can be successfully
verified. InventorySettings.xml files with invalid signatures will
be rejected and an existing InventorySettings.xml file will
continue to be used if a previous copy is available.
InventorySettings.xml will also be verified at each run of
inventory collection.
InventorySettings.xml file, you must enable the
Enable signing of Inventory settings rules and require Inventory
agent to verify signature before running a rule check box in the
Inventory extensions version section on the
Inventory Settings page. The check box can only be
enabled if all installations of the FlexNet Beacon in your technology
estate have been upgraded to version 23.0.0 and later.InventorySettings.xml is version 78. Unsigned copies
of InventorySettings.xml will be rejected.For information on how to download the InventorySettings.xml file, see Downloading and testing
InventorySettings.xml in the Online Help.
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