GB COMMANDER
VERSION 2.0.4
RELEASE NOTES
Author: Global Technology Associates, Inc.
Product: GB Commander version 2.0.4
Date: 06 February 2008
GB Commander 2.0, a component of the GTA Firewall Control Center, has
been completely revised and updated. To administer monitored
firewalls, GB Commander 2.0 makes use of a platform-independent
Java-based client.
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CONTENTS
Release notes are located on the Installation CD and GTA's Web site.
1. INSTALL NOTES
2. FIREWALL CONTROL CENTER SERVER
3. FIREWALL CONTROL CENTER DATABASE BACKEND
4. GB COMMANDER 2.0 CLIENT
5. RELEASE NOTES HISTORY
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1. INSTALL NOTES
1.1 Upgrading From Previous Versions
If you are upgrading from a previous version of GB Commander,
you will need to backup your current database using DBManager
and then uninstall any previous versions of GB Commander as well
as GTAsyslog or GTA Reporting Suite. It is also necessary to
delete the old GB Commander database.
GB Commander 2.0 does not allow the importing of old
data. Database backups from previous versions are suitable for
archival purposes only.
1.2 Software Installation
GB Commander 2.0 includes an installation wizard that generates
the required data source names automatically based on the
servers installed ODBC-compliant database. For complete
installation instructions, please refer to the GB Commander 2.0
User's Guide. The GB Commander 2.0 User's Guide can be found on
the Installation CD or online at
http://www.gta.com/support/documents.
2. FIREWALL CONTROL CENTER SERVER
2.1 Bug Fixes
2.1.1 Improved stability of the Firewall Control Center server.
FWCC0004966, FWCC0004944
2.1.2 After deletion of an address field, Address Objects are now
correct when pushed to the firewall.
FWCC0004943
2.1.3 Firewalls now properly display when assigned to a subgroup.
FWCC0004804
3. FIREWALL CONTROL CENTER DATABASE BACKEND
3.1 Bug Fixes
3.1.1 When rebooting the server after deleting an address object
element, the element remains deleted.
FWCC0005017
3.1.2 Improved handling of long URLs by Backend Server.
FWCC0005073
3.1.3 License data is now properly handled upon the initial write to
the database.
FWCC0005087
3.1.4 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now displays alarm data for
monitored firewalls operating GB-OS 5.0.2 or above.
FWCC0004995
4. GB COMMANDER 2.0 CLIENT
4.1 New Features
4.1.1 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now retrieves cached bandwidth
information upon initial connection to a monitored firewall.
FWCC0004948
4.1.2 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now displays a visual status of
monitored firewalls in a firewall group's status summary screen.
FWCC0004949
4.2 Modifications
4.2.1 When viewing a saved report offline, the option to rerun the
report is not selectable.
FWCC0003863
4.2.2 The Object Type drop-down menu is now sorted alphabetically.
FWCC0004914
4.2.3 The display for identifying active and removed items
has been improved.
FWCC0005085, FWCC0004935
4.2.4 Improved display of individual firewall data in the Firewall
Summary window.
FWCC0004861
4.2.5 Improved HTML display of alarm email.
FWCC0005147
4.2.6 Added the option to use local server time for alarm emails.
FWCC0005148
4.3 Bug Fixes
4.3.1 Moving firewalls to and from groups now correctly displays on
all clients.
FWCC0004788, FWCC0004971, FWCC0004857, FWCC0005028
4.3.2 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now properly displays the
ownership of an inherited address object from a group policy.
FWCC0004792, FWCC0004809, FWCC0004938, FWCC0004829
4.3.3 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now properly displays non-editable
address objects as locked.
FWCC0004830
4.3.4 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now properly displays firewall
names, group names and icons when editing.
FWCC0004854
4.3.5 Ownership is now correctly displayed when members are added to
the Group Objects at the firewall level.
FWCC0004911
4.3.6 Object descriptions are now properly displayed throughout the
entire tree.
FWCC0004828
4.3.7 Alarms and alarm icons are now properly shown in the Alarm
Summary view after the firewall has been moved into a group.
FWCC0004823, FWCC0005037, FWCC0004946
4.3.8 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now automatically displays a
firewall when it has been added to a different group.
FWCC0004996, FWCC0005005
4.3.9 When creating an Address Object the IP address field is no
longer cleared when adding members to an Object.
FWCC0004940
4.3.10 The GB Commander 2.0 Client now correctly allows all licensed
firewalls.
FWCC0005099
4.3.11 Firewalls placed into a group correctly inherit Objects assigned
to that group.
FWCC0005079
4.3.12 Address Objects are properly retained when assigning a firewall
to a group.
FWCC0004945
4.3.13 Report start and end times are now properly converted based on
the location of the system running the client software.
FWCC0005114
4.3.14 All email alarm rules are now properly inserted into the
database.
FWCC0005132
4.3.15 No longer crashes when DNS is not resolved on Linux systems.
FWCC0005142
5. RELEASE NOTES HISTORY
5.1 Previous Release Notes
These notes cover the 2.0.4 release of GB Commander.
Release notes for previous versions can be found at GTA's
Web site, http://www.gta.com.
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3505 Lake Lynda Drive, Suite 109
Orlando, Florida 32817
www.gta.com
407.380.0220
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