2 Feature Descriptions
EPAP 17.0.0.1.0
No new features or feature enhancements have been introduced in this release.
EPAP 17.0
This chapter provides a summary of each feature released in EPAP 17.0.
2.1 Update to TPD 8.x
EPAP 17.0 implements the EPAP migration from OL6-based TPD 7.x to OL8-based TPD 8.x. EPAP continues to be supported on the E5-APP-B-01 and E5-APP-B-02 cards. TPD 8.x will use the traditional rpm transaction-based iso for migration from EPAP 16.3/16.4 to EPAP 17.0.
2.2 Uplift MySQL version to 8.0
Previous EPAP releases used MySQL 5.7 to store EuiDB and PDB databases. EPAP 17.0 uses MySQL 8.0. The MEB backup used on MySQL 5.7 is not compatible with MySQL 8.0. Hence, mysqldump will be used to migrate the MySQL 5.7-based database from previous EPAP versions to a MySQL 8.0-based database in EPAP 17.0.
EPAP 17.0 continues to support the mysql_native_password authentication type for MySQL login.
MySQL 8.0 does not use .frm files. Therefore, all the checks related to .frm files have been removed.
2.3 TLS v1.3 encryption
Post-migration to OL8, EPAP 17.0 supports TLS v1.3. EPAP 16.3 and 16.4 supported TLS v1.2.
2.4 EPAP security hardening
EPAP 17.0 supports data replication and transfer over an encrypted channel using IPSEC. This includes data replication between Active and Standby PDB, data replication between a pair of RTDB servers, and data transfer between PDB and RTDB.
User authentication and data encryption use latest versions of MAC, Ciphers, and SSL.