Release Notes SDDM/SPM v4.8.5

Error message during creating user group

• Fixed error message 

Removed bulk CI editing 

• Bulk CI editing functionality has been removed

Improved security

• Several objects are now being deleted in a more secure way

Data Telemetry

• Check the miscellaneous section below

Data Telemetry

• Check the miscellaneous section below

PRB37598: Firescope Eskalation – Fehlermeldung „Missing SSH Credentials“

• SSH client is updated and supports the latest kex algorithms and cyphers

Apache HTTP-Client Version Updated

• Upgraded HttpClient from 4.5.2 to 4.5.14

Apache HTTP-Client Version Updated

• Upgraded HttpClient from 4.5.2 to 4.5.14

Implement mechanism to cleanup logs

• Update FLEX package to apply the cleanup mechanism

Missing authentication and authorization

• CentOS 7 hosts are now more secure by the added GRUB2 authentication

OS update packages

• Several CentOS packages are updated and available in the rpm repository.

Data Telemetry

• In this release, we've implemented data telemetry to capture anonymous usage metrics of our software. This feature strictly collects non-personal data related to the usage and performance of the software, ensuring user privacy is fully respected. This will aid in enhancing future updates and overall user experience.

  See the "Supplementary data protection information on the transmission of so-called telemetry data"