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Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows 8.3 Release Notes

Last Updated: December 2022

Introduction

Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows 8.3 is available now for new and existing customers. These release notes provide information about how to obtain this release and a list of features and fixes included in this version of Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows. They also include fixes in Reflection FTP, which is included with Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows.

For important information regarding security updates, see Support Portal - Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows.

What's New

Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows 8.3 includes several major new features and enhancements:

Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows Enhancements

  • The documentation has a new look and feel and several features designed to improve navigation so you can find the help you need.

  • Added support for connecting to an Azure SSH server.

  • Increased the maximum character limit to 128 characters for SSH user names.

Security Enhancements

  • Added an option to specify SOCKS or HTTP proxy Hostname even if it doesn’t resolve to a hostname from the client machine.

  • SOCKS/HTTP proxy settings have been migrated from the registry to the configuration file.

  • Certificate validation has been upgraded to use OpenSSL APIs.

  • Improved the keyboard and audio navigation experience within the Security Properties dialog box.

  • Updated to openssl 3.0.7 to address CVE-2022-3603 and CVE-2022-3786.

Reflection FTP Client Enhancements

  • Added the ability to access the 32-bit Reflection FTP COM interface from 64-bit applications.

  • Reflection FTP Client documentation is available via the web or an installed PDF. The installed PDF is available at the following location:
    <install-path>Micro Focus\Reflection\Help\rftp\<language>\rftp.pdf

Resolved Issues

Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows Enhancements

  • Failed Advanced Authentication requests when using x509 smartcards will now alert users that access the application with screen reader software.

  • Resolved performance issues when an event is enabled and data is being displayed from the host.

  • Improved the scaling of QuickPad text for increased legibility.

  • Added support for events in the Event Mapper to work when the session is not active.

  • Logging support has been added when the temp folder is not accessible or present.

Security

  • Changed the behavior of sftp uploads when disk space issues are present. When an sftp upload is terminated, the upload will only show the successfully uploaded data.

Installing Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows

Maintained customers are now eligible to download the latest product releases (see Welcome to the new Micro Focus Support Experience). You will be prompted to login and accept the Software License Agreement before you can download a file.

Contacting Micro Focus

For specific product issues, contact Micro Focus Support.

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