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Release Notes for Snare MSSQL Agent v5.7.0

Release Notes for Snare MSSQL Agent v5.7.0

Owned by Svetlana Sheptiy
Last updated: Feb 28, 2023 by Andrew Madge

Snare MSSQL Agent v5.7.0 was released on 27th January 2023.

Security Updates

  • 3rd party libraries upgraded: 
    • OpenSSL upgraded to version 3.0.7
    • Boost upgraded to version 1.79.0
  • Windows certificate handling was updated to use more secure certificate keys handling method
  • Event Checksum, appended to events if enabled, was changed from MD5 to SHA3-512 hash

Customers, who have event checksum enabled, may need to adjust their event integrity validation tools to use SHA3-512 instead of MD5. 

New Features and Enhancements

  • Self-signed certificates generated by Snare Agent on demand will now be named "Snare Agent"
  • More detailed debug logging for when Snare Service receives a signal from OS

Bug Fixes

  • OS Version is now displayed correctly for Windows 11 on the Agent status page

User Guide

The following is an offline version of the User Guide related to this release.

For an up-to-date version refer to the online version here.