Here are descriptions of the more relevant changes in EVSS 3.01
Platform changes
Automatic Activation
Administrator can send to users an SMS message containing a special URL link. Clicking on that link, users could, with a single click:
- download and install PrivateGSM client
- configure and activate their own account
Provisioning Support
Provisioning Profiles defines templates to provision client configuration. Currently used only by automatic activation
License Proxying
PrivateServer can act as proxy for license requests issued by PrivateGSM clients. This feature is aimed at protecting users' privacy.
PrivateGSM changes
Configuration lockout for provisioned clients
On clients activated with automatic activation it is not possible to change settings
Android support
Added support for new Android devices: Samsung Galaxy III, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and HTC One X
Added support for Ice Scream Sandwich (4.0.x) and Jelly Bean (4.1.x)
Support for OS 7.1 on blackberry
Added support for OS 7.1 on Blackberry devices: Bold 9900, Curve 9360 and Torch 9810
PrivateServer changes
Bulk user import
It is now possible to do a bulk import from a CSV file
Backup/Restore
Improved UI: backup file can be download/upload both from WEB console and from SSH
Service availability
VoIP service is, by default, under active monitoring with 1 minute frequency: after 3 consecutive failures, service is automatically restarted
3rd party PBX
Added support to configure SIP trunk to/from Cisco CUCMBE
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Added AES-256 support (RFC 6188)
Added compatibility with RFC 6188: audio data can be encrypted with AES-128 or AES-256, depending on endpoints:
- PrivateGSM Professional, which uses ZRTP, always used AES-256, as it always did.
- PrivateGSM Enterprise clients 11.1 do have support for AES-256 and will take advantage of it.
PrivateGSM changes
Blackberry - Network status notification
A new icon in notification bar constantly inform use if PrivateGSM is currently connected to PrivateServer and ready to receive secure calls.
PrivateServer changes
Data Retention
Starting from this release you can configure the "data retention" policy for different types of historical data. These data will be automatically archived on the file system and thus removed from the operational database.
Administrators can dis/enable data archival and configure the retention period to keep the historical data online. Archived data can be exported/downloaded and removed from PrivateServer.
This version enables by default 1 month of data retention for SIP Sessions data, which are generally useful only for debugging and support purposes: if you want to keep them more time please change your configuration.
Software Update
It is possible to configure RPM package repositories, then verify if any update is available and apply them to PrivateServer via web console.
Server Keepalive to clients
PrivateServer can send periodic keepalive messages to clients, on per account basis. This is especially useful with network equipments or mobile operators that uses a short TCP-idle timeout, even shorter than 10 minutes, which is a critical conditions with iPhone devices.