Alison Desktop & DigiCert Desktop Client 3.4.0 (en)

Actualizado: Jun-2022

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Alison Desktop AD

This document describes the new features of this version.

Reduced menu and Unified window

	A more compact menu and similar for all the platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux The Restart options is only available on Windows platform. A Support option to access the product wiki.
	A more visible message about if there is a new version available. A link to the default download wizard. All the options are included as tabs in the same window.
	Same windows than previous version. When the App requieres enablement the first time, only the Browser and About tabs are available.
	A more extended description for each connector. A new functionality detects if the connection could be established successfully or if there is an error over the connection. A better description can be found below. The Reset button only applies over the connections configuration and restore the default values.
	Same windows than previous version. The Reset button overwrite any change done the list of keystores and restore the default list included in the product.
	All the personal preferences are included in a new Window. The Reset button overwrite the preferences with the default preferences distributed in the installed version.

Connection diagnostic

To facilitate the diagnosis of the more common errors in the desktop application (related to the connection between the browser and the application), a new description of the possible error is included under each connector.

Modern Antivirus or Endpoint Protection products can enable a new inspect SSL mode which intercepts any connection from the browser to any site. To do this task, the Antivirus issue an SSL certificate on the fly which can generate a problem with the connection.

Connection errors detected:

Connection not fully configured.
Connection not established. The port is already occupied by another application.
Unable to establish an HTTPS connection.
It's not possible to establish a connection.
Another instance of the application is on this port.
A different SSL certificate than the one of the application has been detected.

Connection Keystore errors detected:

The connection's keystore is invalid or corrupt.
No valid certificate exists in the connection keystore.
Keystore or connection certificate not found.
Connection certificate not found.

Update development packages

A full update of the packages used by the application to the last stable and safe version.

Although all the previous versions of DDC and AD are not exposed to the recent vulnerability reported in the Apache Log4J module, we decided to remove the Log4J package from the product.

Enhance the Connection Certificate

Google Chrome can be configured to follow a more strict security policy: Chrome Enterprise Policy List & Management | Documentation .

Under this condition, AD / DDC can generate a connection certificate that includes a CDP extension to comply with this requirement.

To achieve this functionality follow these steps:

Edit the config file of the user and add the following line:
1. userPreference.connectorIncludesCDP=true
Remove all the files located in the connector folder (\.alison-desktop\connector)
Restart desktop. A new certificate will be generated and you must enable this new certificate in your browser.

Support link

A new support link can be included in the product. Add a reference to the support site into the configuration file included in the Wizard.

{ 
  "general": "3.2.1",
  "windows": "3.2.1",
  "linux": "3.2.1",
  "osx": "3.2.1",
  "update_url": "https://alison.certisur.com/certisur",
  "support_url": "https://certisur.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DeskSupp/overview"
 }

AutoReset configurations

Under certain unfair conditions, AD/DDC can crash during initialization.

To revert this condition, the Desktop App can replace the config file with a new default config file.

If the Desktop App detects that a Keystore could be involved in the problem, a new window dialog allows the user to disable all the pkcs#11 Keystores, like smartcards and token.

All those Keystores can be enabled using the configuration windows.

Linux and portable versions

The package now is available in the following formats to install:

Debian (.DEB)
RedHat (.RPM)
Linux portable version
MacOS portable version (requires a JRE installed in the equipment)
Windows portable version

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