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Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 2 700-2360F00 Release Notes Contents 1 W h a t ’ s n e w i n t h i s r e l e a s e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 3 - Network Security Platform v6.0; Release Notes; What’s new in this release; Heterogeneous Environment Support; must; upgrade all the Managers to 6.0.7.x to configure these to a; Update Server Authentication Enhancements
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 3 700-2360F00 Release Notes 1 What’s new in this release This section details the features and/or enhancements delivered with this release of Network Security Platform 6.0. All the features listed below are described in detail in Addendum II to 6.0 Documentation. ...
Page 4 - For details on configuring add-on licenses, see; Device Configuration Guide; Support for Active Fail-Open Bypass Kits; Gigabit Optical – single and multi mode; 0/100/1000 Copper Active Fail-Open Bypass Kit Quick Start Guide
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 4 700-2360F00 Release Notes Like in earlier releases, you require an add-on license to enable NAC on M-series Sensors. Earlier, you could import the add-on license under Manager > Licenses tab. In this release, you can import/assign the license using the Devi...
Page 5 - Support for Concurrent Sensor Updates; Note; Capturing Data Packets on the Sensor Port; Capturing of jumbo frame packets is also not supported.; Vulnerability Manager Integration Enhancements
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 5 700-2360F00 Release Notes Support for Concurrent Sensor Updates In the earlier 6.0 releases, when multiple Sensors were configured to the Manager, Sensor software and signature updates were applied sequentially on each Sensor. In this release, the Manager provid...
Page 6 - Integration Guide; Integration with McAfee Global Threat Intelligence
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 6 700-2360F00 Release Notes Earlier, on-demand scans from the Threat Analyzer Host Forensics page was not child admin domain-specific. With this release, you can also select the child admin domains for which you want to execute a scan. For details, see Integration...
Page 7 - Feature usage; Setting the Scanning Exceptions; layer2 forward clear; IPS Configuration Guide; Policy Editor UI Enhancements
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 7 700-2360F00 Release Notes Feature usage : When you select this option, feature usage information from your setup will be sent to McAfee Labs. If you chose to skip enabling GTI participation during your first login, then you can also configure these options fro...
Page 8 - Support for Import of NAC Exclusion List from a File; NAC Configuration Guide; Automatic Custom Role Synchronization between an MDR pair; Administrative Domain Configuration Guide; Alert Synchronization between an MDR pair; Manager Server Configuration Guide; Renaming of Threat Analyzer UI Components; Previous terminology; Viewing URL information for exploit alerts
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 8 700-2360F00 Release Notes For details, see IPS Configuration Guide . Support for Import of NAC Exclusion List from a File With this release, you can add items like IP addresses, IPv4 networks, MAC addresses, OUIs, and Network Objects to the NAC Exclusion List. I...
Page 9 - Manual Quarantine of a Host from the Threat Analyzer; System Status Monitoring Guide; Reports; Reports Guide; Manager Infrastructure Enhancements; Issues resolved in this release; Resolved M-series Sensor software issues; High severity Sensor software issues
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 9 700-2360F00 Release Notes You can generate the Next Generation Default – Attack URL Info report to view a list of the URL information. The Threat Analyzer does not support display of URLs for attacks containing jumbo frame packets. For details, see System Status...
Page 10 - Enabling latency monitoring is not persisted across reboots.; Resolved Manager software issues; Medium severity Manager software issues; Unable to add an NTBA Appliance to a Manager upgraded from 5.1 to 6.0.
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 10 700-2360F00 Release Notes High severity Sensor software issues ID # Issue processing traffic. 626386 On rare occasions, when Artemis is enabled, the Sensor could reboot due to a data path error. Medium severity Sensor software issues ID # Issue 630071 Enabling ...
Page 11 - Known outstanding issues; Known M-series Sensor software issues; High severity Sensor issues
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 11 700-2360F00 Release Notes Medium severity Manager software issues ID # Issue 590261 The Threat Analyzer freezes when a user tries to group alerts by source or destination IP. 590257 In the Threat Analyzer, when IPs are added to manually quarantine a host, the I...
Page 12 - Medium severity Sensor issues; Known Manager software issues; High severity Manager issues
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 12 700-2360F00 Release Notes Medium severity Sensor issues ID # Issue Workaround content matching rule. keywords in a single rule. 530949 The diffserv functionality does not work for ICMPv6. None 519881 [Snort] When the number of fields to match in non payload opt...
Page 13 - Medium severity Manager issues; Installation and upgrade notes
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 13 700-2360F00 Release Notes Medium severity Manager issues ID Summary Workaround 611493 [NTBA] When the user adds the host to quarantine from Alerts page for a host, no ‘Host already exists’ message is shown for an existing host. Instead the Threat Analyzer exten...
Page 14 - Installation Guide; For more details, see; Upgrade Guide; Technical assistance and problem reporting; Troubleshooting Guide; Contact McAfee Technical Support at; Via Phone
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 14 700-2360F00 Release Notes The Manager client should have a minimum of 1 GB memory for accessing the Manager. McAfee recommends using 2GB memory on the Manager client for optimal performance. For more details, see Installation Guide . McAfee regularly releases u...
Page 15 - More Information; About 6.0 Documentation; Information regarding...
Network Security Platform v6.0 Page 15 700-2360F00 Release Notes 6 More Information 6.1 About 6.0 Documentation To view the complete Network Security Platform 6.0 Documentation, 1. Go to http://mysupport.mcafee.com/Eservice/ 2. Click ‘Read Product Documentation’. 3. To view sensor related informatio...