<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f127afbe-7fff-ac67-4fed-7fba249804cd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of Version 11 Patch 7 (11.0.7.61) of the BigFix Platform. This release strengthens integrations and data access, extends compliance coverage, improves performance at scale, and broadens platform support — helping your team manage a more diverse, secure, and efficient environment. The main features in this release are as follows:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Custom content, managed like code!</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">External Repository Sites: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix can now connect to the Git source control system and use it as an “External Repository Site”. This provides a single, unified source of truth for custom content with clear cross-environment history and authorship tracking. It brings BigFix in line with modern DevOps practices by working with CI/CD and automation pipelines, and strengthens governance with better visibility into how content evolves. For more information please see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_repository_site.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">External Repository Sites</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bring Identity Provider users and computers information into BigFix!</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">User-based management: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix is now able to retrieve computer data from Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, such as the User associated with the Computer, the User Groups and Computer Groups it belongs to, and more. This data is made available as computer properties, allowing BigFix operators to achieve user-centric endpoint management, advanced dynamic targeting, and reporting. This simplifies governance and aligns enterprise instruments to meet business goals.  For details, see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_user_base_mgt.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">User-based management</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performance at scale!</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Boosted BigFix Relay Scale</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: 11.0.7 Relays on Windows and RHEL implement architecture improvements to allow up to 20000 endpoints connected to a single Relay, whether it is non-authenticating or authenticating. This is up to a 4x improvement over previous figures! Also </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Persistent Connections </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">are boosted on the same Relays: up to 20000 per Relay, a 20x improvement over the past limit.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Note: BigFix 11.0.7 Root Server and Relay on RHEL now require RHEL 7.6 as minimum OS version.  For more information please see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/landing/Technical+Documents/Landing_page_shared/Technical_Documents.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix Performance & Capacity Planning Resources</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Faster client performance on multi-core systems: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A new client setting (_BESClient_Resource_ScaleWorkTimeWithCPUCores, disabled by default) lets the BigFix Client take fuller advantage of available CPU cores, helping actions and evaluations complete faster on modern multi-core hardware. For details, see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/r_client_set.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">List of settings and detailed descriptions</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/landing/Technical+Documents/Landing_page_shared/Technical_Documents.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix Performance & Capacity Planning Resources</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Faster onboarding and operation for large cloud deployments: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Plugin Portal now evaluates Fixlets, properties, and actions concurrently across computers, decouples computer registration from execution, and batches registration requests to the BigFix Server. Together, this cuts onboarding time in large-scale cloud environments and keeps policy enforcement timely even as new virtual machines register. In addition, one Plugin Portal now supports up to 100000 cloud devices. For more information please see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/landing/Technical+Documents/Landing_page_shared/Technical_Documents.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix Performance & Capacity Planning Resources</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Improved Console search engine:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Searching objects in the Console (Fixlets/Tasks, Baselines, Analyses, Actions) is now more efficient, contributing to improving user experience.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Compliance and security, reinforced!</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FIPS 140-3 readiness: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizations operating in regulated or government environments can now enable FIPS 140-3 mode, helping meet current federal cryptographic standards. For details, see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_fips_crypto_fips1403.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FIPS 140-3 cryptography in the BigFix environment</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_setting_fips_crypto_fips1403.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Configuring FIPS 140-3 on the BigFix Server</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. BigFix encryption module is also </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FIPS 140-3 certified!</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/certificate/5159" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/certificate/5159</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Automatic protection for idle consoles: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A new setting lets you configure a BigFix Console lock timeout, so unattended, logged-in sessions are automatically locked — helping enforce security policy with no extra process required. For details, see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Console/c_setting_lock_timeout.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Setting the BigFix Console lock timeout</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stronger download integrity: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Action scripts that fetch files (“add prefetch item” and “prefetch”) now support SHA-512, giving teams a stronger integrity-checking option for downloaded content.  For details, see </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/action-script/reference/download/add-prefetch-item.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">add prefetch item</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/action-script/reference/download/prefetch.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">prefetch</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tighter control over MCP access: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A new “blockIncomingMCPRequests” option on the BigFix root server lets administrators disable incoming MCP requests, giving security teams a simple control to restrict this interface where it isn’t needed. For details, see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/MCP/c_installing.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Installing and configuring BigFix Platform MCP Server</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More resilient administration!</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Preventing conflicting admin operations: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix now blocks more than one instance of BESAdmin from running at the same time on a given computer, reducing the risk of conflicting configuration changes and administrative errors. For details, see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_besadmin_windows_gui.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BESAdmin Windows GUI</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_besadmin_windows_cli.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BESAdmin Windows Command Line</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_besadmin_linux_cli.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BESAdmin Linux Command Line</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Expanded platform support!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix Agent now supports additional platforms, extending consistent management and visibility to more of your modern infrastructure footprint:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New!  Linux distributions on ARM processor:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ubuntu 24.04, 26.04  LTS ARM 64</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, 10 ARM 64</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Debian 13 ARM 64</span></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">macOS 27 (Golden Gate) ARM 64</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x86 64-bit</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">VIOS 4.1.1, 4.1.2 PPC 64-bit on Power 11</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AIX 7.2, 7.3 PPC 64-bit on Power 11</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, 10 PPC 64-bit LE on Power 11</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15, 16 PPC 64-bit LE on Power 11</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inspector changes</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New inspector types named “idp group” and “idp user” were added to return information about the groups and users associated with a computer joined to an Identity Provider (IdP). For details, see </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/idp-group.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp group</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/idp-user.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp user</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New properties were added to the “cryptography” inspector. These properties return whether BigFix components in the deployment should operate in FIPS 140-2 or FIPS 140-3 mode. List of added properties:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fips_140_2 mode of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fips_140_3 mode of</span></p></li></ul></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For details, see </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/cryptography.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">cryptography</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New properties were added to the “license” inspector. These properties return whether BigFix components in the deployment should operate in FIPS 140-2 or FIPS 140-3 mode. List of added properties:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fips_140_2 mode of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fips_140_3 mode of</span></p></li></ul></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For details, see </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/license.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">license</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New properties were added to the “client” inspector. These properties return various information if the computer is joined to an Identity Provider (IdP). List of added properties:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp directory type of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp distinguished name of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp group of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp id of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp display name of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp sam account name of</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idp user of</span></p></li></ul></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For details, see </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/client.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">client</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A new cast named “as xml string” was added to the “bes action”, “bes computer group”, “bes fixlet” and “bes property” session inspectors to convert the specified BES object to an XML string. The new cast was introduced exclusively for the BigFix Console and BigFix Explorer. It is not supported in Web Reports.  For details, see </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/bes-action.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bes action</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/bes-computer-group.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bes computer group</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/bes-fixlet.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bes fixlet</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/bes-property.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bes property</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upgraded libraries, binaries and 3rd party tools</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The libgit2 library was introduced at version 1.9.7.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The boost library was upgraded to Version 1.91.0.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The libcURL library was upgraded to Version 8.22.0.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The OpenSSL library was upgraded to Version 3.5.8.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional information about this release</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 11.0 Utilities section in the </span><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Non-Functional Requirements checklist, covering both performance and security management of your BigFix deployment, is available at </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/landing/Technical+Documents/Landing_page_shared/Technical_Documents.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix Performance & Capacity Planning Resources</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">References</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">See the </span><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-110.txt" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">full technical changelist</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pre-Upgrade Considerations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important considerations to keep into account before upgrading to BigFix Platform Version 11 are:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BigFix Version 10.0.7 is the minimum version supporting the upgrade of the BigFix server components to Version 11.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You must enable the “Enhanced Security” in the BESAdmin tool before upgrading BigFix Platform to Version 11.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The minimum TLS supported protocol in BigFix v11 is TLS 1.2.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The SHA1 hashing algorithm for content and action signature will no longer be supported. SHA1 is still supported for file download in actionscript.  For details, see </span><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_overview.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);backgrou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ite-space:pre-wrap">Upgrade considerations</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" role="presentation"><a href="https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0104120" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Detailed system requirements</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1516</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(238,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(or later).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Continue to discuss on the </span><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-platform-11-0-patch-7-is-now-available/55891" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">forum</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">— HCL BigFix — Platform Team</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>