CA SSO : What are new features/advantages of R12.52 over R12?

[Dhilip kumar Mari]

Hi,

 

Is there any document which states the advantages/new features introduced in R12.52? If yes, could you please share the link of the document?

Thanks.

 

Regards,

Dhilip

[Adam Rusniak]

Dhi1ip,

 

There were multiple versions and service packs and cumulative releases that came out between r12 and the current r12.52 sp01 cr04.

 

You will need to go to each hot fix or release and see what fixes or functionality were added with each.

support.ca.com

CA Single Sign On in the search bar.

Product Pages

On the right hand side go to Hotfix ->Cumulative Release and then select Web Access Manager which is the policy server. You can then select which CR or SP you are interested in and get Solution Document RTC information for each fix.

 

Example:

[boatguypat]

Also, we have two "differences" courses that showcase the significant new product features 12 to 12.5. One course, the Overview, simply describes the features and is free (course number 04SMR10190). The 200 level course ("CA SiteMinder and CA SiteMinder Federation r12.52: Differences 200" course number 04SMR20290) goes deeper into each feature, describing the steps to actually implement many of the features with recorded demonstrations.

[Ujwol]

Hi Dhilip,

 

Let me give you an overview of the new features that has been implemented since 12.5 in the major release (not including SP & CR) :

 

R12.5

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Agent Discovery

Authentication Context Support

Administrative Scoping Using Workspaces

CA Directory Session Store Support

CA DLP Integration

Enhanced Directory Mapping Using Identity Mapping

CA Identity Manager Access Roles in Policies

OpenID Authentication Scheme

Policy Server Log Messages Added to the Profiler Log

Protecting the Administrative UI with SiteMinder

Hardware Load Balancing for Agent to Policy Server Communication

Reference : New Features

 

R12.51

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Improved Accessibility

Internationalization

CA SiteMinder WSS (formerly SOA Security Manager) Integration

Open Format Cookies

OAuth Authentication Scheme

Authentication and Authorization Web Services

Record Policy Server Events to the Syslog

IPV6 Support

Assertion Attribute Logging

New Language Settings Introduced

Support for SQLAnywhere Report Database

Reference : New Features

 

R12.52

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Administrative UI New Look and Feel

Enhanced Session Assurance with DeviceDNA™

Enhanced User Disambiguation Using Windows and Kerberos Authentication

CA Directory Password Policy Control

Reference : New Features in 12.52

 

If you want to find the similar details for other releases , you can follow following steps :

1.  Go to SAP Portal Services

2.  Provide the version details for which you wan to view the documentation : e.g CA SiteMinder 12.52 -US English

http://i.imgur.com/Qtf0mk3.jpg

3. Once you are into the bookshelf, click "Release Notes" hyperlink.

4. Then, you can further drill down to component specific release notes

5. For e.g clicking the Policy server release notes will give something like this :

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers,

Ujwol Shrestha

https://communities.ca.com/community/ca-security/blog/2016/01/06/ujwols-single-sign-on-blog