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What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 19.11 Update

The following information lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 19.11 Update

Topic	Description
Changing the Anonymous User Password When a User Account is set to Anonymous User	Modified topic. A server restart is not required to change the anonymous user password.
About Installing Certificate Files	Modified topic. Outlines the typical steps to obtain and install certificate files.
Updating the Security Profile for Siebel Gateway	New topic. Describes how to update the security profile for Siebel Gateway using the (Siebel Management Console) safe mode user credentials.
Configuring the Siebel Management Console Safe Mode User	New topic. Describes how to configure the safe mode user in Siebel Management Console.
Configuring User Password Hashing	Modified topic. SiebelHash (the proprietary algorithm) is no longer supported for password hashing. The SHA-1 hashing algorithm is the only algorithm supported for password hashing in Siebel Enterprise.
Security Adapter Configuration When SSO is Enabled	New topic. Outlines security adapter configuration when SSO is enabled.
Network Zones and Firewalls Recommended Network Topology	Modified topics. The Application Interface accesses the migration database when it is deployed for migration.
Removal of Siebel Application Interface Dependency on Oracle Database Client	New topic. As of Siebel CRM 19.11 Update, the Siebel Application Interface no longer requires the Oracle Database Client, which contains the Oracle LDAP Client.
MIME Sniffing	New topic. Describes how to enable Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) sniffing, which is disabled by default in Siebel.
Disabling Command Line Logging	Obsolete topic. This topic has been removed from the guide. Command line logging is disabled by default in Siebel CRM 19.11 Update and later releases.

What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 19.7 Update

The following information lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 19.7 Update

Topic	Description
Reverse Proxy Servers	Modified topic. For Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 and later releases, a reverse proxy server is required if you want to expose the Siebel app on the Internet.

What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 19.6 Update

The following information lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 19.6 Update

Topic	Description
User Authentication for Secure System Access	Modified topic. When using multiple authentication mechanisms simultaneously (such as SSO and database authentication), one application interface per authentication mechanism must be installed and configured. This applies to all Siebel versions using application interface.
About Generating Keystore and Truststore Files	Modified topic. When creating certificates, the password for keystore and keypass should be the same. If you change the keystore password, then you must also change the keypass password.
Communications Encryption About Configuring Encryption for Web Clients	Modified topics. As of Siebel CRM 19.6 update, RSA encryption is no longer supported for Mobile Web Client communications with Siebel Remote server. You can use SISNAPI with TLS encryption for Mobile Web Client communications with Siebel Remote server.
Industry Standards for Security Installing Certificate Files on UNIX for Client Authentication Setting Additional Parameters for Siebel Server TLS About Configuring Encryption for Siebel Enterprise and Siebel Application Interface Configuring Encryption for Mobile Web Client Synchronization Security-Related Parameters in the Server Profile	Modified topics. As of Siebel CRM 19.6 update, TLS is supported for Siebel Remote and Mobile Web Client connections (RSA encryption is no longer supported). The format for the DockConnString parameter for the Mobile Web Client has also changed.
Managing the Key File Using the Key Database Manager	Modified topic. Describes how to run the Key Database Manager utility to add new encryption keys to the key file (keyfile.bin) and to change the key file password.
Set up Tasks for Standards-Based Web Single Sign-On	Modified topic. The Siebel Application Interface profile must also be configured if using Web Single Sign-On.
Configuring Siebel Migration Application for Web Single Sign-On	New topic. Describes how to set up Siebel Migration application for Web Single Sign-On.
Load Balancers	Modified topic. From Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 and Siebel CRM 2018 onwards, only native load balancing (through a gateway) is supported for Siebel Servers. In addition, you can distribute incoming network traffic over multiple servers by using third-party HTTP load balancers that support session-based load balancing in front of a Siebel reverse proxy Web server.
Disabling Command Line Logging	New topic. If not already done so, Oracle recommends disabling command line logging.

What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 19.1 Update

No new features have been added to this guide for this release. This guide has been updated only to correct or remove obsolete product and component terms.

What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 18.12 Update

No new features have been added to this guide for this release. This guide has been updated to fix only bugs.

Table What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 18.12 Update

Topic	Description
Communications Encryption	Modified topic. A reverse proxy should be used if HTTPS is disabled.
About Importing Certificates into Keystore and Truststore	New topic. You must give your certificate an alias when importing it into keystore or truststore, and declare the same alias in the server.xml file.
About Implementing Federated Single Sign-On	Modified topic. This topic discusses what is required to integrate Siebel 17.x and 18.x with an external Web SSO solution.
Siebel Application Interface Profile Parameters	Modified topic. Lists the supported security profiles for Siebel 2018 and later releases.
Guidelines for Assigning Ports on Firewalls	Modified topic. Describes how to configure communication ports when setting up firewalls for your Siebel CRM implementation.
Network Zones and Firewalls Recommended Network Topology	Modified topics. The figures in these topics have been updated.

What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 18.10 Update

No new features have been added to this guide for this release. This guide has been updated to fix only bugs.

Table What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 18.10 Update

Topic	Description
Modifying Keystore and Truststore Files	Modified topic. You must update the encrypted password in the applicationinterface.properties file, which is located in the application interface layer in the `ai\applicationcontainer\webapps` folder.
Deploying TLS for Siebel Enterprise or Siebel Server	Modified topic. On the Security Encryption Level or Type screen, select the SISNAPI to use TLS 1.2 option. If you decide to change to a different Siebel Management Console, then you might need to redeploy the profile.
Configuring TLS Encryption for Siebel Application Interface	Modified topic. The applicationinterface.properties file is located in the application interface layer in the `ai\applicationcontainer\webapps` folder.
Enabling SSL Acceleration for Application Interface/Enabling HTTP	Modified topic. Disabling HTTPS has been corrected and combined with enabling SSL acceleration. This topic includes details on how to enable HTTP for the application interface.

What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 18.9 Update

No new features have been added to this guide for this release. This guide has been updated to fix only bugs.

Table What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 18.9 Update

Topic	Description
Enabling SSL Acceleration for Application Interface/Enabling HTTP	New topic. Describes how to configure SSL acceleration for communications between application interface traffic.
Enabling Support for the Translation of Port Numbers	Modified topic. Describes how to enable support for the translation of port numbers.

What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel 2018

The following information lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel 2018

Topic	Description
Disabling HTTPS	Modified topic. Disabling HTTPS has been corrected and combined with enabling SSL acceleration. For details on how to enable HTTP for the application interface, see Enabling SSL Acceleration for Application Interface/Enabling HTTP.