These release notes contain important information available at the time of the release of the Sun JavaTM System Web Proxy Server 4.0.4 product, hereafter referred to as Proxy Server 4.0.4 or just proxy server. Platform summary and known problems are addressed here. Please read this document and associated documents before you begin using the Sun product.
This document contains the following sections:
The following enhancements have been made in recent releases of Proxy Server:
Proxy Server 4.0.4 supports Network Security Services (NSS) 3.11.4 and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) 4.6.4.
From Proxy Server 4.0.2 release, the installer supports the upgrade of an existing Proxy Server 4.0 installation to the later version. For the Java Enterprise System installations of Proxy Server 4.0.1, you need to install the patches that correspond to the later release.
This section provides information about the supported platform components for Proxy Server 4.0.4
This section includes the following topics:
The following table summarizes the Proxy Server 4.0.4 platform requirements.
Table 1 Platform Requirements for Proxy Server 4.0.4
Operating System |
Minimum Memory |
Recommended Memory |
Recommended Disk Space* |
Sun SolarisTM 8 for SPARC® |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Sun Solaris 9 for SPARC |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Sun Solaris 10 for SPARC |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Sun Solaris 9 for x86 |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Sun Solaris 10 for AMD OpteronTM |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 Update 4 |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 Update 2 |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
HP-UX 11i (11.11) |
256 Mbytes |
512 Mbytes or higher |
512 Mbytes or higher |
* Depends on cache capacity setting. The default cache capacity setting is 2 Gbytes.
Please take needed action to move or migrate your Web Proxy Servers to a supported operating system.
The following table lists the browsers that are supported with Proxy Server 4.0.4.
Table 2 Supported Browsers for Proxy Server 4.0.4
Browser |
Version |
Microsoft Internet Explorer |
6.0 |
NetscapeTM Navigator |
7.1, 7.2 |
MozillaTM |
1.4.1, 1.7.2 |
Your browser needs to have Java enabled.
In addition to the UNIX operating system memory and disk space requirements listed in Platform Requirements, your system must also have adequate swap space:
Solaris requires swap space at least as large as the amount of RAM on your system (twice the amount of RAM is recommended)
Linux requires 256 Mbytes swap space
It is recommended that you update your operating system with the latest applicable patches. Required patches are listed by platform.
The following is the required patch level for Proxy Server 4.0.4 in Solaris SPARC and x86.
108434–18 (shared library patch for C++)
111711–12 (shared library patch for C++)
111713–12 (shared library patch for C++)
NOT REQUIRED
119964–03 (shared library patch for C++)
108434–18 (shared library patch for C++)
The following is the required patch level for Proxy Server 4.0.4 in Linux.
compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.rpm compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2.rpm
HP-UX 11i Operating Environment Component B.11.11.0412
Required patch bundle for 11i, June 2003B.11.11.0306.1
Gold Base patches for HP-UX 11i, December 2006–B.11.11.0612.459
Gold Application patches for HP-UX 11i, December 2006–B.11.11.0612.459
Pthread enhancement and fixes-PHCO_29109
Pthread.h fix and new enhancement-PHCO_27633
libc manpage cumulative patch-PHCO_29328
libc cumulative patch-PHCO_29495
Java Out-of-Box-JAVAOOB, 1.0.00.02
The Java Out-of-Box tool is used to configure the necessary kernel tunable parameters. Use of this tool is the recommended method for modifying kernel values. If necessary, modify the following tunable parameters to reflect a value equal to or greater than the following:
nkthreads— 3635
maxfiles–60
maxfiles_lim–1024
max_thread_proc–512
maxswapchunks–2048
nfile4–136
ncallout–3651
nproc–2068
Modifying the kernel tunable parameters can have adverse impacts on your system. Do not modify the parameters unless you fully understand what you are doing.
Daylight Savings Time (DST) starts in USA from the 2nd Sunday of March and ends on the 1st Sunday of November. This impacts the date and time rules of the Operating System.
To make sure that the log files contain the correct time in US time zones, and that the Administration Server is not impacted by this change, Sun recommends you to do the following:
Download and install the appropriate Operating System patches. You can download the Solaris patches from: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102775-1
For other platforms, download similar DST compatible patches from the respective Operating System vendor's web sites.
For Solaris, Windows, and Linux, run proxy server with JRE 1.4.2_13. For HP-UX, run proxy server with JRE 1.4.2.12.
The Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.4 documentation is provided in a number of ways:
Manuals – You can view the Proxy Server 4.0.4 manuals and release notes in HTML and in printable PDF formats.
Online help – Click the Help button in the graphical interface to launch a context-sensitive help window.
To obtain accessibility features that have been released since the publishing of this media, consult Section 508 product assessments available from Sun upon request to determine which versions are best suited for deploying accessible solutions. Updated versions of applications can be found at: http://sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/get.html.
For information on Sun’s commitment to accessibility, visit http://sun.com/access.
This section lists the most important issues fixed in the following releases:
The following table lists the issues resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.4
Table 3 Issues Resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.4
ID |
Summary |
---|---|
4973509 |
Cache-Control directive for private/no-cache headers is not supported for multiple values. |
4973523 |
HEAD requests are not cached. |
4973652 |
Proxy server does not support 65536–byte long URIs. |
4999184 |
When proxy server is configured in reverse proxy mode pointing to a web server, the error message displayed when the web server is down should not mention that it is a proxy sever. |
5093104 |
Proxy server administration interface allows trailing white space for a HTTP header in client IP forwarding. |
6208895 |
An FTP request through the proxy server to a Microsoft IIS FTP server does not work. |
6214329 |
Error in error log for HTTP4352:zlib internal error. |
6233086 |
For client credentials forwarding with multi-byte user name, validation check needs to be added. |
6243358 |
A deleted user still appears as part of a group. |
6245972 |
User's permission set through the Administer Access Control page does not get implemented. |
6246562 |
Controlling a set of servers installed on different locales and platforms through clusters fails when stopping the set of servers. |
6253844 |
There is no support for “zh-cn” for proxy server online help. |
6255761 |
There is no content at the Installer Help page. |
6255838 |
When a proxy server instance is removed without stopping the SOCKS server and a new instance is created, you will not be able to start the SOCKS server on the new instance as the port would be in use. |
6256442 |
The installer displays the error message "Password should be at least 8 characters" only in English. |
6266497 |
Administration interface allows duplicate port numbers in the Add Server page. |
6268356 |
On Windows, SNMP service does not work if libnspr4.dll is not present in the system32 directory. |
6274424 |
On Windows, the value for defaultInstallDirectory in the state file is wrong. The default installation directory in the installer is c:\sun\ProxyServer40, but the state file generated when you use the command setup --savestate does not have c:\sun\ProxyServer40 as the default installation directory. The state file displays the UNIX template value as the default installation directory. |
6304981 |
Proxy server installation fails on Linux if ksh is not installed on the machine. |
6310283 |
In the proxy server administration interface, sometimes the tabs display incorrect page content. |
6312087 |
Localized online help is not context sensitive. |
6313904 |
The administration server does not allow you to set a listen socket with a port number that is used for another IP address. |
6321797 |
Proxy Server 4.0.3 Configuration File Reference is updated with information for the flex-init parameter no-format-str.access. |
6331035 |
Load balancing feature works only for regular expressions. |
6333355 |
When the ACL caching is enabled, the user/group definition in the ACL has to exactly match the case of the LDAP entry for the ACL caching to happen. |
6337657 |
Proxy server displaying Internal Server Error message when the configuration of Distributed Administration is attempted. |
6369549 |
Proxy patch installation on JavaES 5 results in some errors on Linux. |
6371618 |
Can not change Compression Level to NONE. Documentation should state what to select as the compression level. |
6380736 |
Control does not transfer to Schedule GC page when Explicit GC is selected in the Set GC Preferences page. |
6382393 |
Proxy server is unable to perform FTP uploads. |
6382692 |
During migration, the format string Req->vars.pauth-user in the 3.6 obj.conf should be changed to Req->vars.auth-user . |
6383320 |
Cannot remove cache file when contents file name has space or Japanese characters. |
6383435 |
sockd process uses high memory on Linux . |
6387166 |
View Server Settings page in the proxy server administration interface does not display MaxProcs value. |
6388818 |
The SOCKS server requires the Directory Service ID to be default. |
6390034 |
libnspr4.dll should be referred first on the directory <install-dir>\bin\proxy\bin instead of the directory system32. |
6390054 |
Copyright year should be changed in the version window of the administration interface. |
6399395 |
The Select Directory Services page does not reflect the directory service selection. |
6402589 |
The function http-client-config does not take the setting from the most specific object. |
6411505 |
The Redirect URLs page in the administration interface does not function as expected. |
6412129 |
Proxy server 4.0 migration tool must add the line fn=“block-ip” if the setting is not found in the proxy server 3.6 instance. |
6414355 |
Executing the command batchupdate with an invalid bu.conf file results in segmentation fault on Linux. |
6415125 |
Change the compiler from Sun Studio 8 to Sun Studio 10. |
6416272 |
Proxy server fails to start properly after the server user is changed. |
6417755 |
Links like Previous, Main and Next not localized in the proxy server online help. |
6419925 |
More cache-related statistics required in proxy server. |
6423487 |
Detailed description on how to enable DNS statistics has been added to the online help. |
6425025 |
The directive host-map does not work unless a url-prefix parameter is explicitly provided. |
6425026 |
Proxy server needs to distinguish cache objects based on Accept-Encoding headers. |
6425038 |
Proxy server does not consider query-maxlen when acting as reverse proxy with cache-local value set to 1. |
6425601 |
The automatic garbage collection does not work in certain conditions. |
6425752 |
There are duplicate headers in a 304 response from the cache. |
6426543 |
Cache iterator leaks memory. |
6427137 |
Proxy server transmits micro version number in responses. |
6433285 |
Some of the proxy core error messages are not localized. |
6433776 |
.sects files are not created when the command cbuild is executed. |
6433807 |
On Windows, proxy server and administration server display wrong version number in the start up message. |
6434137 |
Proxy server displays wrong error message on timeout. |
6435491 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Configuration File Reference, in chapter 5, the reference to type parameter is removed in the section on Service derivative. |
6441601 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Administration Guide, in chapter 5, notes have been added to clarify the need to load the root keys of Certification Authority or the self-signing application. |
6442054 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Administration Guide, in chapter 5, the section Using SSL to Communicate with LDAP has been updated with information about importing LDAP root CA certificates to the proxy server. |
6442071 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Administration Guide, in chapter 5, a new section is added to clarify about securing access to administration server. |
6442090 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Installation and Migration Guide, clarification has been added to clarify that: - Web Proxy Server can be installed as a non-root user - Web Proxy Server can run as a non-root user |
6442091 |
Cache must correctly compute the value of current_age with the request delay added to the age. |
6442641 |
Proxy server 4.0 does not work well with CONNECT requests that specify a content-length. |
6443160 |
On HP-UX, zlib library needs to be packaged with the product for JavaES 5. |
6443720 |
Log Analyzer can have issues when the access log file has no log information. |
6443731 |
On Windows 2000 SP4, the system requires restart after configuration in JavaES environment. |
6444332 |
On HP-UX, executing batchupdate with invalid bu.conf results in segmentation fault. |
6444363 |
On HP-UX, proxy instance does not get created with non-root user. |
6444942 |
Executing the command cachegc on a nonexistent instance fails. |
6445440 |
Error messages are incompletely localized. |
6446098 |
On HP-UX, there is an internal error in View URL Database page. |
6446349 |
On HP-UX, stress test results in mmap() failure. |
6446933 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Configuration File Reference, references to docs directory are removed. |
6447423 |
Proxy server 4.0 leaks memory because the daemon structures are not freed properly. |
6447427 |
Proxy server 4.0 leaks memory while acquiring channel in common client. |
6447476 |
The proxy server administration interface always displays the cache partition size as 0. |
6450886 |
The new maximum value of 360 minutes for the socks5.conf parameter SOCKS5_TIMEOUT has been documented in the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Configuration File Reference. |
6454032 |
Proxy server binds to the same port each time the Address directive is set. |
6455411 |
On Windows, proxy server needs to support coexistence of JavaES 4 and JavaES 5. |
6459839 |
Migrating proxy server 3.6 to 4.0.3 with the cache disabled results in unusable server instance. |
6461889 |
HTML filter corrupts the transformed data. |
6461896 |
HTML tag filter does not update the content length when it transforms the source document. |
6461991 |
Typographic errors in the English source of proxyResources.properties file. |
6462366 |
On HP-UX, proxy server fails to restart after configuring SOCKS name server. |
6463404 |
Distributed administration does not work correctly when a user is given access to all programs. |
6463927 |
The template file WPSProp.properties has entries for Windows platform. |
6465608 |
On Windows, the shortcut for Stop Admin Server is not created for the administration server when the proxy server is installed. |
6465984 |
The file proxyResources.properties contains duplicate keys. |
6466452 |
Proxy server should update the installer registry key from Entsys to Entsys5. |
6467644 |
On Windows Server 2003 Enterprise platform, running reconfig.bat fails. |
6470294 |
On Windows, running cbuild.exe to decrease the cache sections does not remove the sections properly. |
6473677 |
On JavaES 4 system, proxy server does not start after applying the patch 120981–08/120982–08. |
6478407 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Administration Guide, in chapter 7, the section Starting SSL-Enabled Servers is modified to remove the suggestion for start script modification. |
6480637 |
Proxy server crashes every hour. |
6484781 |
After enabling distributing administration, even unauthentic users can log in to administration server. |
6485988 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Configuration File Reference, the section on Send-Error in chapter 5 is updated to add a note stating that send-error does not work for Web Server HTTP response. |
6505480 |
In a standalone installation of proxy server on HP-UX, installation fails on HP-UX 11.11. |
6519072 |
In the installer for a standalone installation of proxy server 4.0.4, the JRE version compatible with the US DST changes 2007 needs to be shipped. The compatible JRE version is 1.4.2_13 on Solaris, Windows, and Linux. On HP-UX, the compatible JRE version is 1.4.2.12. |
6519113 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Configuration File Reference, the section on Error in chapter 5 is updated to remove references to error response codes 404 and 500. |
6511549 |
In a standalone installation of proxy server on HP-UX, installation fails in CLI mode. |
6520577 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.4 Administration Guide, the section on Virtual Multihosting is updated to add a note to indicate that the reverse mapping should be specified before the other mappings. |
The following table lists the issues resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.3
Table 4 Issues Resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.3
ID |
Summary |
---|---|
6191615 |
Certain regular expressions when used as URL filters cause the Proxy Server to crash while starting. |
6213012 |
ROTATELOGS event on Windows is not triggered at the time specified. |
6213726 |
The Transfer Time Report reports a constant value of “0.00 sec/req”. |
6215659 |
The Transfer Time Distribution Report shows a constant value of “< 1 sec [100.0%]”. |
6239292 |
Log Analyzer error with Extended2 format when access log file has no log information. |
6242032 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in Chapter 7, the section “Configuring System Preferences” has wrong description for Parent Array. The correct description is, “A parent array is a proxy array that a proxy or proxy array member routes through”. |
6264079 |
The administration interface overwrites default, which is the default value for Directory Service. |
6275141 |
In proxy server 4.0.2, the File Cache feature is shown in the GUI and documented for the Server Manager > Caching > Configure File Cache page, but the feature is not implemented. |
6270693 |
Sometimes the Filter directive is invoked twice per request. |
6285076 |
SOCKS server cannot handle both LDAP & password file for user authentication, when both the methods are configured. |
6285183 |
PR_MemUnmap() call results in error in Windows. |
6285791 |
SOCKS server start command line issue for JavaES 4 is resolved in this release, but existing instances created in JavaES 4 installation will have the problem even after upgrading to the latest 4.0.3 patches. The new instances created after upgrade will not have this problem. This problem is not there in standalone installation of web proxy server. |
6289188 |
When you install proxy server 4.0 as non-root user and administration server as root user, any changes you make to the cache settings in the administration user interface result in the permissions for cache file and cache directory changing from non-root to root. |
6292729 |
The default setting for Client IP Addressing Forwarding should be Blocked. |
6294282 |
The proxy server 4.0 administration interface cannot set the ACL correctly for any resource which includes a “\” in its pattern. |
6294563 |
Default setting of the access log format to be different from the Web Server. |
6295286 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in Chapter 14, the section “Setting up a Reverse Proxy” needs to note in Step 5 that the “/” mapping is added only if the user doesn't change the contents of the “Map Source Prefix” text box provided automatically by the Administration GUI. |
6296870 |
Details of the Cache Section Table on the administration interface are not displayed correctly. |
6299913 |
The ConnAddress directive is not changed to Address during a migration from Proxy 3.6 to 4.0. |
6300480 |
The setting of Cache tab is not migrated successfully during a migration from Proxy 3.6 to 4.0. |
6300615 |
The meta tag is missing in localized core messages. |
6301140 |
Migration creates invalid Cache entries when migrating an instance of proxy that has the cache disabled. |
6303619 |
An ACL with a database that is registered with a name other than default does not work properly. |
6304354 |
"Do Not Log Client Accesses From" option creates an invalid configuration. |
6311548 |
The proxy server 4.0 uses pauth-user instead of auth-user for Access Log. |
6312044 |
In the proxy server 4.0 administration interface, the Monitor Current Activity page under the Server Status tab is not updated for DNS, Keep-Alive, and Cache Statistics. |
6313910 |
On Windows, the Rewrite Headername feature fails and displays the message "Internal server error occurred". |
6313959 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in Chapter 12, the section “To configure the file cache” provides wrong description for step 1. The correct description is, “From the Server Manager, click the Caching tab”. |
6313960 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in Chapter 12, the section “To create a batch update” includes step 10 that refers to a “Timing section”. This step is an error. The Set Cache Batch Updates page does not have a Timing section. |
6316289 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in Chapter 12, the section “Building the Cache Directory Structure” includes an example that refers to figure 12-1 instead of 12-2. |
6325537 |
Not able to change RqThrottle value through the administration interface. |
6325616 |
Scheduled (explicit) Garbage Collection does not clear cache. |
6328678 |
Cannot set ICPtimeout value to less than 400 milliseconds through the administration interface. |
6331044 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in the preface, the section “Using the Documentation” specifies the location of the Proxy Server 4 documentation. http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/s1.webproxys#hic The section should point to Proxy Server 4.0.2 documentation at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1311.2 |
6334854 |
Inconsistency between documentation for Web Proxy Server and sun-web-proxy-server_4_0.dtd . |
6337102 |
Web Proxy Server crashes with DNS fn = “dns-config” local-domain-levels = “8” |
6338719 |
Patch upgrade of proxy server on Linux AS 3.0 installs in a different location. |
6338875 |
Proxy 4.0.1 FTP Client fails to process symbolic links correctly. |
6350957 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in Chapter 5, the section “Enabling Security for Listen Sockets” does not mention that security can only be enabled in reverse proxy mode and not in forward proxy mode. Also, in Chapter 8, the section “Specifying Users and Groups” does not mention that security can only be enabled in reverse proxy mode and not in forward proxy mode. |
6365433 |
Unable to create proxy server instance when Automatic Start option is selected in proxy server administration interface. |
6367375 |
Mapping with CONNECT doesn't work when there is a parent proxy. |
6369095 |
Memory leak in proxy server 4.0 . |
6371084 |
Requesting SSL site doesn't work in chained proxy environment when using IP address of the web server. |
6371618 |
Can not change Compression Level to NONE. |
6371731 |
No “connect://.*:563” in the default resource. |
6371793 |
pkginfo displays $distro for SUNWproxy-l10n. |
6373101 |
Administration server creates invalid parameter for ssl-client-config. |
6373622 |
cache-disable SAF is not documented. |
6374279 |
Response to webdav OPTIONS method not according to RFC2518. |
6376065 |
max-uncheck function does not work as expected. |
6376153 |
Proxy server 4.0.2 does not update cache for ftp/gopher protocols. |
6381373 |
Proxy server crashes during run after restart if the cache is already warmed. |
6381419 |
The value in Cache-last-checked header is invalid. |
6381424 |
Warning header should contain the host:port value of the agent adding this header. |
6382729 |
Proxy server does not accept utf-8 encoded parameters. |
6383301 |
Proxy server 4.0 has a problem in channel pooling. |
6383456 |
Proxy server 4.0.2 uses high CPU in Linux. |
6384616 |
Proxy Server 4.0.3 online help has typographic errors. |
6385902 |
The format in Set Access Log Preferences does not match with default format. |
6387772 |
Changes in OLH, due to bugs (6325537, 6303619) fixed, need to be localized. |
6387901 |
In the Proxy Server 4.0.2 Administration Guide, in chapter 11, the section “Chaining Proxy Servers” is not clear. |
6388156 |
The headers of cached files can get corrupted. |
6390237 |
Proxy passes incorrect content-length if the response contains double content-length headers. |
6392875 |
regexp-map does not work for connect. |
6393573 |
Proxy 4.0.2 crashes when DNS fn=“dns-config” local-domain-levels=“1” |
6394287 |
SOCKS process polls too often which leads to sockd process taking up as much as 50% of CPU. |
6395473 |
High CPU utilization problem in proxy server 4.0 while handling “slow” clients. |
6395889 |
Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) does not work using proxy server 4.0.2. |
6400981 |
SOCKS5_TIMEOUT value set in socks5.conf is ignored. |
6402698 |
High CPU utilization in FTP client. |
6418214 |
Issues with proxy server 4.0 garbage collection feature. |
6424527 |
Proxy server crashes while processing a request containing an empty cache-control header. |
The following table lists the issues resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.2
Table 5 Issues Resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.2
ID |
Summary |
5097664 |
ssl-tunnel-timeout parameter does not work on Windows. |
6225025 |
ftp-listing-width parameter does not work correctly. |
6251805 |
Changes to archive logs results in a crash. |
6262277 |
Changing the minimum timeout value for ICP from 400 to 50. |
6292690 |
In Proxy Server 4, while using IE 6.0 to access the administration interface, can not select the original partition using Manage Sections>Partition . |
6292786 |
Proxy Server does not write transfer time (and other times) to access log. |
6308714 |
Proxy Server fails to start if umask is not set to 022. |
6310909 |
In Proxy Server 4.0.1 point product, version string of the product name was over translated for French locale from 2005Q3 to 2005T3. |
6310910 |
In Proxy Server 4.0.1 point product, many missing apostrophes in installer messages on French locale. |
6310944 |
In Proxy Server 4.0.1 point product, CLI installer fails to display the license. |
6310961 |
In Proxy Server 4.0.1 point product, the “Yes” in the license installer screen on Spanish locale not localized. |
6312723 |
Cannot access SSL sites with IP address while using Proxy Server 4.0. |
6313981 |
In Proxy Server 4, not able to change the value of Rewrite Content Location and Rewrite Headername after creating a new Reverse Mapping using the administration interface. |
6315817 |
Multiple simultaneous CONNECT (SSL Tunneling) requests cause thread starvation. |
6330348 |
High Memory usage by proxy process in Solaris 10 during stress run. |
6333995 |
Memory leak while running stress tests for CONNECT. |
6335919 |
Proxy Server's FTP client does not close a connection when the FTP Server has closed. |
6335922 |
Proxy Server FTP client does not send USER request to FTP Server. |
6336550 |
Error when trying to install Proxy Server 4.0.1 into a directory that contains a Proxy Server 4.0 install. |
The following table lists the issues resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.1.
Table 6 Issues Resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.1
ID |
Summary |
2126143 |
The same regular expression does not work in URL Filters, but works in Access Control and Routing. |
2126380 |
Memory leak in the ICP process of the proxy server. |
6231283 |
The administration server on Linux Red Hat Advanced Server 3.0, fails to startup. |
6237346 |
The flexanlg utility dumps core while generating a log analysis report using the Extended2 log file format. |
6240767 |
The add/edit listen sockets for the administration server and the proxy server instance do not verify for used ports. |
6242627 |
Localized core messages are not getting displayed. |
6243369 |
Entry of multi-byte characters in the pages related to SOCKS need to be prevented. |
6244103 |
Internal server error is displayed when the Set Connectivity Mode page of the proxy server instances is accessed on a Linux Advanced Server 3.0, Korean locale. |
6245408 |
An internal error is displayed when a newly added partition is accessed if the administration user and the proxy instance user are different. |
6249166 |
Inconsistency in the display of the Control Cluster, Modify Server, and Remove Server pages in the Cluster tab when the host name in the URL is replaced with localhost while accessing the proxy server. |
6253014 |
Crash occurs in the init-proxy SAF when there are more than 9 NameTrans directives in the obj.conf file on Linux Red Hat Advanced Server 3.0. |
6254508 |
The batch update command exits with segmentation fault. |
6255214 |
Cannot edit or remove an entry in the content URL rewriting page consisting of multibyte characters. |
6255216 |
Some LDAP entries in the socks5.conf lead to socksd crash. |
6259314 |
Some of the localized online help pages are not synchronized with the English online help pages. |
6261440 |
Duplicate English online help exists in the installation directory. |
6263694 |
Online Help unavailable for the Add and Replace Compromised Key List and Certificate Revocation List pages. |
6263721 |
The wrong help page is displayed for the Add/Replace Cert pages in the Server Manager. |
6274186 |
Unable to delete a server instance. |
6276398 |
Remove the localized online help from the base workspace. |
6285078 |
Entry for authentication failure of SOCKS request missing from log files. |
6285779 |
Unable to start the proxy server instance if the serverID has a white space. |
6285788 |
SOCKS server crashes when authentication is used. |
6289242 |
HTTP smuggling in Proxy Server 4. |
6293449 |
Proxy Server 4 does not close the connection immediately with the CONNECT method. |
6295622 |
The function ConnAddress is not realized or documented in Proxy Server 4.0. |
6296169 |
The header Cache-last-checked is broken in Proxy Server 4 installed on other locales. |
6296225 |
The Proxy Server instance may intermittently crash when DNS caching is enabled. |
6301786 |
Localized Core Message not getting displayed on Solaris 9 x86, Linux AS 3.0. |
6311463 |
On the proxy process, the number of open file descriptors keeps increasing with time, resulting in the proxy running out of file descriptors and dropping connections. |
This section lists the more important known issues and limitations at the time of the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.4 release. The issues are listed by category:
The following table lists the known issues related to the administration user interface.
Table 7 Known Issues in Administration
ID |
Summary |
6212701 |
Conflicting error message is displayed when server instance fails to start. The chances of occurrence of this conflicting error message is minimal as the chances of the administration interface writing wrong information in the configuration file is minimal. It can only occur if the user manually writes wrong information into the configuration file. |
6224535 |
The timeout and retries parameters for the HTTP client cannot be configured through the administration interface. Note – The timeout parameter for init-proxy does not function as expected. Use the http-client-config SAF instead. Workaround The default value for the timeout parameter is five minutes and can be overridden by including the parameter, timeout= number of seconds in the http-client-config SAF of the obj.conf file. The default value for the retries parameter is three. The number of request retries can be configured by including the parameter retries=number of retries in the http-client-config SAF of the obj.conf file. The effective timeout is timeout x (retries+1). |
6231297 |
The Restart Required link disappears if changes are made to the SOCKS configuration and the Proxy Server is restarted instead of the SOCKS Server. |
6484502 |
Proxy Server administration interface is not localized. |
6509535 |
Daylight Savings Time (DST) will start in USA from the 2nd Sunday of March and end on the 1st Sunday of November. This will impact the date and time rules of the operating system and JRE.
In the standalone version of proxy server 4.0.4, JRE version compatible with 2007 DST changes is bundled with the installer (See ID no. 6519072 in Issues resolved in 4.0.4). However, you need to address the impact on the date and time rules of the operating system by installing the appropriate operating system patches as explained in step 1 of the Workaround.
For the JavaES 5 installation of proxy server 4.0.4, you need to install the operating system patches and also the compatible version of JRE . Follow steps 1 and 2 of the Workaround. Workaround
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The following table lists the known issues related to caching.
Table 8 Known Issues in Caching
ID |
Summary |
6229823 |
When a new partition is added a default section s0.0 is also created irrespective of the partition size. Warning messages are logged in the errors file. Workaround Use the cbuild utility to add the new partition or delete the s0.0 folder under the new cache partition, and restart the proxy server. The error messages can be ignored. |
The following table lists the known issues related to installation.
Table 9 Known Issues in Installation
ID |
Summary |
6205683 |
Windows console installation fails. |
6255325 |
The installer throws an exception and the installation fails on Linux if the user installs the Proxy Server as a non-root user and the /var/opt/sun/install directory does not exist. |
6353576 |
Silent upgrade installation does not work. |
The following table lists the known issues related to internationalization.
Table 10 Known Issues in Internationalization
The following table lists the known issues related to SOCKS.
Table 11 Known Issues in SOCKS
ID |
Summary |
6245453 |
The Quench Updates feature is shown in the GUI and documented for the Server Manager > SOCKS > Configure SOCKS v5 page, but the feature is not implemented. |
6263389 |
No error is reported when two instances of SOCKS are started using the same port on Windows. |
6285791 |
SOCKS server start command line issue for JavaES 4 is resolved in this release, but existing instances created in JavaES 4 installation will have the problem even after upgrading to the latest 4.0.3 patches. The new instances created after upgrade will not have this problem. This problem is not there in stand-alone installation of web proxy server. |
If you have problems with Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.4, contact Sun customer support using one of the following mechanisms:
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So that we can best assist you in resolving problems, please have the following information available when you contact support:
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