What are the new features in ArcSight Connector Appliance v6.2?

ArcSight introduces the following new features and enhancements for Connector Appliance v6.2 GA:

Appliance Health and Performance Monitoring – The SNMPv2 MIB supports any SNMP-enabled network application to monitor Connector Appliance health and performance.

LDAP/Active Directory User Authentication – A Connector Appliance user can now be authenticated through LDAP/Active Directory.

Read-Only User Group – New read-only user groups are available for administrators to control access to and operation of the Connector Appliance. Users in the read-only user group can view appliance and connector configuration settings, but cannot make modifications to them.

SSL Server Certificate Expiration Notification – The Connector Appliance can generate an expiration alert for an SSL server certificate before it expires.

Automatic Password Reset – Once their email notification setting is properly configured, any Connector Appliance user can reset their forgotten password.

Bulk Certificate Import – ArcSight users can now conduct bulk downloads of destination certificates from ESM and bulk import them into any SmartConnector.

Login Banner Customization – The Connector Appliance user interface has been enhanced to allow and support user customization of the login banner.

FTP Enabled for BlueCoat SmartConnector – Connector Appliance allows for FTP enabled events file processing in support of the BlueCoat Proxy SG Multi-File SmartConnector.

Windows CIFS Operation Improvement – The Connector Appliance can now provide better operation support under Microsoft Windows network environment.

Microsoft NTLMv2 Support – The Connector Appliance supports the Microsoft NTLMv2 authentication.

UNC Path Naming – The Connector Appliance supports CIFS mounts using Microsoft Windows Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) or naming notation.

New SmartConnector Support – The Connector Appliance can now support versions of both Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway File and Microsoft Network Policy Server File SmartConnectors via the latest SmartConnector release.

Latest SmartConnector Release Bundle – This release provides bundled versions of the most up-to-date, new and updated ArcSight SmartConnectors.