1What's New in This Release
What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 20.8 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 20.8 Update
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Description |
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| Installing Certificate Files on UNIX for Client Authentication (Step 10) Configuring Encryption for Mobile Web Client Synchronization (Step 2) |
Modified topics. As of Siebel CRM 20.8 Update, Oracle Database SE2 has replaced Oracle Database XE for the local database for Siebel Mobile Web Client. As a result, [LOCAL_XE] has changed to [LOCAL_SE]. For more information, see Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using. |
| Modified topics. A reverse proxy server is always required. |
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| Changing Siebel Administrator Account Password |
Modified topics. Describes how to change the Siebel administrator account (SADMIN) password on UNIX and Windows. |
| Modified topics. An encryption level below 128 bits is not supported in Siebel CRM. |
What’s New in Siebel Security Guide, Siebel CRM 20.6 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 20.6 Update
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Description |
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| Modified topics. EAI services via JDB standalone connect use TLS 1.2 |
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| New topic. To avoid performance issues when using LDAP or LDAP with SSO, you must have an SADMIN user created in the LDAP server. |
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| New topic. Shows one method of disabling Siebel REST API data. |
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| Configuring Siebel Migration Application for Web Single Sign-On |
Modified topic. Examples have been provided for the following parameters: Host Name and Authentication Host. |
| New topic. Describes when and why the Siebel Session warning message appears. |
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| About Service Discovery Initiated by Trusted and Untrusted Sources in Siebel Application Interface |
New topic. Describes the paths taken by trusted and untrusted requests. |
| New topic. Describes how to disable anonymous user for inbound REST calls. This task applies for Siebel CRM 17.x and later releases. |
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| Modified topic. URL rewrite is at the reverse proxy level and is vendor specific. Configuring reverse proxy is a mandatory post installation task. |
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| Modified topic. As of Siebel CRM 20.5 Update, this is a mandatory post installation task. This procedure was previously called Enabling Support for the Translation of Port Numbers. |
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| Assigning Rights to the Siebel Service Owner Account on Windows |
Modified topic. The Siebel service owner account must be part of the Local Administrator Group (not the Local Users Group), otherwise the Siebel Server service will not start. |
What’s New in Siebel Security GuideS, Siebel CRM 20.1 Update
No new features have been added to this guide for this release. This guide has been updated to reflect only product name changes.
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 |
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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. |
Modified topic. Outlines the typical steps to obtain and install certificate files. |
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| New topic. Describes how to update the security profile for Siebel Gateway using the (Siebel Management Console) safe mode user credentials. | |
New topic. Describes how to configure the safe mode user in Siebel Management Console. |
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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. |
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New topic. Outlines security adapter configuration when SSO is enabled. |
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Modified topics. The Application Interface accesses the migration database when it is deployed for migration. |
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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. |
New topic. Describes how to enable Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) sniffing, which is disabled by default in Siebel. |
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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 |
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Modified topic. For Siebel CRM 17.x and later releases, a reverse proxy server is required if you want to expose the Siebel app on the Internet or intranet. |
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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 TLS encryption for Mobile Web Client communications with Siebel Remote server. |
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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 |
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. |
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. |
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Modified topic. The Siebel Application Interface profile must also be configured if using Web Single Sign-On. |
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Configuring Siebel Migration Application for Web Single Sign-On |
New topic. Describes how to set up Siebel Migration application for Web Single Sign-On. |
Modified topic. From Siebel CRM 17.x and 18.x 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. |
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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.