Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.6 Release Notes

Issues resolved in 4.0.3

The following table lists the issues resolved in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.3

Table 6 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.