Defender 6.5 - Release Notes

Push notification authentication flows do not work properly on ADFS client.

Workaround

Push notification can be disabled. Alternatively, user can enter passcode from token manually on passcode field to login.

Push notification timeout flows should not fail for EAP with radius proxy when user has more than 2 tokens

Workaround

Push notification can be disabled for the EAP client. Alternatively, user could be restricted to use only 2 tokens while using push notification with EAP client.

If both push notification and more than 3 tokens must be used then user can login by restarting the DSS service and subsequently the authentication process.

MS token displays 'Bad response' error after performing reset operation on the token.

Workaround:

Use OATH Compliant tokens as those are not affected by this issue and are considered counter-based.

If user must use Google Authenticator (TOTP) or Microsoft Authenticator (Time based), then they would have to delete the existing token and program a new token.

FIDO2 registration and authentication screens do not load when defender is used as proxy and the next requests are rejected.

On radius proxy environments certain push notification flows do not work as expected.

Workaround:

Push notification can be disabled on radius proxy environments to allow authentication using Defender.

Defender soft token for OneLogin Protect cannot be activated using the activation code.

Workaround:

Defender soft token for OneLogin Protect can be activated using the QR code from Defender management portal self service.

"Push notification rejected” error is observed for timeout flow on EAP client if user has 3 or more tokens.

Workaround:

Push notification can be disabled for the EAP client. Alternatively, user could be restricted to use only 2 tokens while using push notification with EAP client.

If both push notification and more than 3 tokens must be used then user can login by restarting the authentication process on timeout.

Audit trial report does not displays all the data from DSS logs

Workaround

Logs can be picked from the DSS path or from management portal DSS logs section.

Defender users are unable to login using complex token policy with both FIDO2 and Android/iOS tokens

Workaround

The user can either remove or disable the FIDO2 tokens or use token only policy.

Unable to register the FIDO2 token using Firefox browser

Users see a blank token when the FIDO2 token is programmed and deleted by the admin

Workaround

Restart the DSS service.

Windows 2022 EAP client failed to connect with the error "wlanapi.ddl" not found

Desktop login offline authentication shows the Windows login logo spinning before going back to the login screen.

Workaround

Increase the IdleTimeOut for Windows Logon UI by creating the registry key below:

• Path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI

• Add a DWORD key named: IdleTimeOut

• Set the decimal value to: 240000 (which equals 240 seconds)

This setting can also be deployed via Microsoft group policy, please consult with Microsoft's documentation on updating machine settings via GPOs.

When 2012 R2 Server or Windows 8 machine is used to set up DDL component with Soft token for iOS/Android, Resend button and field to enter passcode/ "push" keyword will not be available if push notification times out.

The user needs to restart the authentication process by providing username and password.

On Hyper V DDL client with Soft token for iOS/Android, certain policies are displaying incorrect message on UI upon push notification timeout if username format used is - "domain\username".

Workaround

Enter "username" instead of "domain\username" in the user name field.

When 2012 R2 server or Windows 8 machine is used to set up DDL component with Soft token for iOS/Android, then any complex policy combination with token along with Defender/Active Directory password is not supported.

Error message is displayed when service account is configured using UPN format in Defender Management Portal.

Workaround

Use sAMAccountName format instead of UPN format.

While installing Defender Soft Token for Java on Windows OS, shortcuts were not created in the location specified during installation.

Workaround

Launch Defender Soft Token for Java from the installation folder.

Authentication to GC/DC is failing until the Defender Security Server Service is restarted.

Workaround

Restart Defender Security Server service manually.

When a user logs in for the first time using Defender Desktop Login provider, the system takes more time to respond after the token details are entered.

When trying to authenticate with the Defender ISAPI Agent, the following error occurs even if a valid token response is entered:

Error Message - Invalid token response. Enter a valid token response

Workaround

The error message is displayed when the Defender ISAPI Agent is not configured correctly, for example, when the connection to the Defender Security Server is specified incorrectly. Make sure that the settings of the Defender ISAPI Agent are configured correctly.

The user is not allowed to log in to the system when the group name is renamed in Active Directory.

Workaround

The Admin user must log into the client machine, remove and add the group from Defender Desktop Login configuration tool (GinaConfig.exe).

If Test connection automatically setting in the DSS configuration is enabled, a very large number of DSS logs may be generated.

Workaround

• Workaround 1: Disable the 'Test connection automatically' setting.
• Workaround 2: Make sure you have enough space for DSS log files, and periodically delete old log files.

When a user using their GrIDsure token authenticates to a website protected by the Defender ISAPI Agent, they are unable to reset the PIP. This may happen if the user has other tokens assigned to them besides the GrIDsure token.

Workaround

Make sure that no other tokens are assigned to the user, if they are using the GrIDsure token for authentication.

"The user name or password is incorrect." error may occur even when user log-in to the Defender Management Portal with correct credentials. This error message may appear if the domain controller is not available to the Management Portal.

Workaround

Make sure that the Active Directory functions correctly, and the machine with Defender Management Portal is able to reach a domain controller.

When authenticating via Defender, users may encounter the message "You must change your password before logging on for the first time" that prevents them from logging in. This may occur if the user's password has expired and the Defender security policy is set to use the proper name or Defender ID for authentication.

Workaround

Do one of the following:

1. Allow users to change their expired passwords using some other means.
2. Change the Defender security policy to use a SAM account name or UPN for authentication.

When a user attempts to log on to a computer protected by Defender Desktop Login with a GrIDsure token for the first time the following error may appear: "Access Denied." This may occur if the user uses an alternate UPN suffix.

Workaround

Switch the user to use the default UPN suffix during the logon procedure.

An attempt to authenticate users using a VIP credential may fail in a child domain, when the VIP credential certificate is installed only in the root domain.

Workaround

Install the VIP credential certificate in the child domain.

A user, authenticating via Defender Password for the first time, is not prompted to change the password, even though the corresponding option was selected when the password was assigned to the user. This may occur if Defender Password expiration is not enabled in the corresponding security policy.

Workaround

Edit the corresponding security policy object in the Administration Console and enable expiration of the Defender Password.

To change the user ID setting on an access node, the DSS Service must be restarted.

Workaround

Restart the Defender Security Server service. You can use the Defender Security Server Configuration utility to do this.

When attempting to log on to a computer protected by Defender Desktop Login as a local user, you may see the following confusing error message: "The Defender Security Server could not log you on as your system administrator has denied you the right to log on locally."

Workaround

This error message indicates that you cannot log on as a local user without Defender authentication.

A user may encounter an error when trying to change the PIN on a token. This issue may occur if a GrIDsure token is also assigned to that same user.

Workaround

Make sure that users who are assigned a token with a PIN do not have a GrIDsure token assigned to them.

The Token Program wizard in the Defender Administration Console may skip pages and produce errors. This may occur when two or more instances of the Administration Console are running at the same time on the same computer.

Workaround

Use only a single instance of Defender Administration Console and close the multiple instances.

When you assign a token to a user in the Administration Console, the token may fail to immediately appear in the user's list of tokens.

Workaround

This behavior is due to the replication latency in Active Directory. View the list of tokens after the changes have been replicated.

After you change the user's token list in the Management Portal (e.g. assign a token to the user, or unassigning a token), the list of tokens may remain unchanged.

Workaround

This behavior is due to the replication latency in Active Directory. View the list of tokens after the changes have been replicated.

When using the Management Portal to unlock an account locked by Defender (not Windows), you may see a confusing confirmation message about resetting the violation count.

Workaround

When you unlock an account locked by Defender, the violation count is automatically reset as well.

When accessing the Management Portal for the first time, it is possible to access the Defender reports site, but the reports are non-functional. This may happen because the Management Portal service account has not yet been configured.

Workaround

Navigate to the Management Portal Administration user interface and configure the service account.

When you point the mouse cursor on the "Authentication requests by DSS" diagram in the Management Portal Dashboard, the tooltip may list an incorrect value, while the diagram displays the correct value for the number of authentication requests.

Workaround

Do either of the following:

1. Use the value on the diagram.
2. Reload the web page (CTRL+F5) to update the value in the tooltip.

When you use the Defender Integration Pack for ActiveRoles, the Defender license allocation value seen in the ActiveRoles Administration Console may be different from the values in the Defender Administration Console. This may occur in a multi-domain environment when ActiveRoles Server accesses a domain using a domain controller that is not a global catalog.

Workaround

Use the values in the Defender Administration Console, these are the correct values.

When you program mobile software tokens using the Defender Integration Pack for Active Roles, the option to program the tokens in challenge-response mode is available. Selecting this option may produce an error.

Workaround

Defender software tokens for mobile devices currently do not support challenge-response mode. Ignore this option.

When trying to access a site protected by the Defender ISAPI Agent, you may see the following error: "Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter failed." This may occur if the web site protected by the ISAPI Agent is a 32-bit site running on a 64-bit IIS.

Workaround

If you need to run a 32-bit web site, consider running it on a 32-bit computer with a 32-bit IIS and install the 32-bit version of the Defender ISAPI Agent.

When you enter a verification code when requesting a software token through the Self-Service Portal, you may see the following confusing error message: "The link has expired."

Workaround

This error message means that the verification code has expired.

Start over by requesting a software token.

In an environment where the Defender EAP Agent is used in conjunction with the Soft Token for Windows, the passcode from the token may not be accepted when establishing a VPN connection. This issue occurs when Soft Token for Windows is programed in challenge-response mode.

Workaround

Program the Soft Token for Windows in synchronous mode.

The Defender EAP Agent may not integrate with the Soft Token for Windows to retrieve the token response automatically. This issue occurs on a 64-bit operating system.

Workaround

Launch the Soft Token for Windows, and enter the passcode in the VPN client manually.

Users who are directly assigned to an access node cannot be moved to a different OU.

Workaround

Un-assign the user from the access node, move the user, and then assign the user back to the access node. To prevent this issue, assign groups rather than individual users to access nodes.

When Defender EAP Agent is used with a VPN connection, the dialog box to enter the token response does not appear. This issue may occur if EAP Agent is installed on a computer running Windows 10 operating system.

Workaround

Use the EAP Agent installed on a computer running an operating system other than Windows 10.

When you try to uninstall the Defender Soft Token for Java, the uninstallation wizard may finish successfully, but no application files are removed. This may occur on computers running Windows 8 or later with User Account Control enabled.

Workaround

Open the command prompt as administrator and run the following command: java -jar <path to uninstaller file>

When configuring the option "Use service account for all actions" in the Management Portal settings, the 'Save' button is not enabled to save the changes.

Workaround

Re-enter and re-confirm the service account password to enable the 'Save' button.

When searching for tokens on the Management Portal, a token is displayed as assigned to a single user, even though the token is assigned to more than one user. This occurs when Internet Explorer is used as the browser. 

Workaround

Use a different supported browser.

When trying to authenticate through the ISAPI Agent the following error is displayed: "Invalid Token Response.", even though you have entered the correct token response.   This occurs when DSS is unavailable.

Workaround

Make sure that the DSS is available and retry the login attempt.

When Web Service API is the only Defender component installed on a computer, it does not work.

Workaround

Install Defender Management Shell or Management Portal component on the same computer.

After upgrading to the latest version of the Web Service API, both the old and the new versions of the component are present in Windows "Installed Programs" list.

Workaround

Only the latest version gets installed. You can ignore the old version that is listed.