What's new in the Aurora Protect Desktop agent for Linux

What's new in the Linux agent version 3.3.1000

Feature

Description

Added support for Linux distributions

Added support for the following Linux distributions:
  • AlmaLinux 9
  • AlmaLinux 8
  • Debian 12
  • Rocky Linux 9
  • Rocky Linux 8
  • Ubuntu 24.04

Removed support for Linux distribution

Removed support for Ubuntu 18.04

Remarque : When manually downloading and installing the latest Linux driver, select the latest driver version from the Endpoint Defense console to ensure support for the latest kernel update. The latest driver (which is 3.2.1101 currently) is frequently updated with cumulative kernel support and is compatible with Aurora Protect Desktop agent versions 2.1.1590 and later. Consider turning on the Auto-Update Linux Driver option in the update rule for devices running Aurora Protect Desktop agent 3.1 or later.

What's new in the Linux agent version 3.2.1000

Feature

Description

Added support for Linux distributions

Added support for the following Linux distributions:

  • AmazonLinux 2023
  • AmazonLinux 2, kernel 5.10

Background threat detection on-demand scan

Administrators can now initiate a background threat detection scan on demand from the management console. The command can be sent from the Device Details screen for an individual device, or for multiple devices at once from the Devices screen.

The date of the last scan for each device is logged in the management console.

Remarque : When manually downloading and installing the latest Linux driver, select the latest driver version from the Endpoint Defense console to ensure support for the latest kernel update. The latest driver (which is 3.2.1100 currently) is frequently updated with cumulative kernel support and is compatible with Aurora Protect Desktop agent versions 2.1.1590 and later. Consider turning on the Auto-Update Linux Driver option in the update rule for devices running Aurora Protect Desktop agent 3.1 or later.

What's new in the Linux agent version 3.1.1001

Feature

Description

Added support for Linux distributions

Added support for the following Linux distributions:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 9.1
  • Oracle 9 and 9.1
  • Oracle UEK 9 and 9.1
  • Oracle 8.7
  • Oracle UEK 8.7
  • SUSE (SLES) 15 SP4

Updated Linux driver package

The Linux driver package version 3.1.1101 is now available from the management console and is compatible with agent version 2.1.1590 and later. If you are using the Auto-update Linux Driver feature, the agent drivers will be updated automatically to version 3.1.1101.

The Auto-update Linux Driver feature requires Aurora Protect Desktop agent version 3.1.1000 and the agent driver version 3.1.1000 or later.

What's new in the Linux agent version 3.1.1000

Feature

Description

Added support for Linux distributions

Added support for the following Linux distributions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Custom interval for background threat detection scanning

Administrators can now set a custom interval to run background threat detection scanning from the device policy. The scan interval can be set between 1 and 90 days. The default scan interval is 10 days. Note that increasing the frequency of the scans may impact the device performance. The scan may also be manually started from the command line.

The date of the last scan for each device is logged in the management console.

Auto-update Linux Driver

The Aurora Protect Desktop agent 3.1.1000 for Linux devices can now request an update to the latest supported agent driver when an updated kernel is detected on the system. For example, if the Linux kernel is updated and the current installed agent driver does not support it, the agent can now automatically update the driver as soon as a compatible driver is released. This feature requires Aurora Protect Desktop agent version 3.1.1000 and the agent driver version 3.1.1000 or later.

To enable this feature, select the Auto-update Linux Driver option in the zone-based update rule from the Settings > Update menu in the management console.

What's new in the Linux driver version 3.1.1100

The Aurora Protect 3.1.1100 driver package is now available for Linux endpoints, in advance of an upcoming release of the 3.1 agent. It includes the latest drivers to support the latest OS kernels and is compatible with devices running agent version 2.1.1590 or later. When the driver is used together with the upcoming release of the 3.1 agent, administrators can allow the Linux driver to be automatically updated to support the latest OS kernels. Updating to the latest Linux driver makes sure that Aurora Protect continues to run as expected while you receive important OS kernel updates.

What's new in the Linux agent version 3.0.1005

Bug fixes only.

If you installed the Aurora Protect 3.0.1101 or 3.0.1100 driver package for Linux endpoints running the 3.0.1001, 3.0.1000, or 2.1.1590 agents, the drivers are not automatically updated to 3.0.1105 (which includes bug fixes) when the 3.0.1005 agent is deployed from the console or upgraded locally. To update the drivers on endpoints that have the 3.0.1101 or 3.0.1100 driver package installed, manually upgrade to the 3.0.1105 driver package that is available in the Aurora Endpoint Security management console.

What's new in the Linux agent version 3.0.1001

Bug fixes only.

If you installed the Aurora Protect 3.0.1100 driver package for Linux endpoints running the 3.0.1000, or 2.1.1590 agents, the drivers are not automatically updated to 3.0.1101 (which includes bug fixes) when the 3.0.1001 agent is deployed from the console or upgraded locally. To update the drivers on endpoints that have the 3.0.1100 driver package installed, manually upgrade to the 3.0.1101 driver package that is available in the Aurora Endpoint Security management console.

What's new in the Linux agent version 3.0.1000

Feature

Description

Added support for Linux distributions

Added support for the following Linux distributions:
  • RHEL/CentOS 8.4
  • RHEL 8.5
  • Oracle 8.4
  • SUSE 12 SP5
  • SUSE 15 SP2 and SP3

To view the full list of supported Linux kernels and drivers, download the Supported Linux Kernels spreadsheet.