Compliance and Security in 2017 R1

These changes enhance CIC's commitment to high security and industry standards.

OpenSSL Version Update

OpenSSL is an open-source project that provides a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.

The previous version of CIC was built with OpenSSL 1.0.1 and support for this version will end on December 31, 2016, which means that no security updates will be provided after that. CIC 2017 R1 incorporates OpenSSL 1.0.2h, which disables weak ciphers, includes support for TLS 1.2, and provides better security. See the OpenSSL 1.0.2 Release Notes for details.

Windows 10 V1607 QoS Driver Signing

CIC 2017 R1, and subsequent releases, include a QoS driver that is digitally signed by Microsoft. This small change prevents installation problems detected on computers with new installations of Windows 10 version 1607. The installation problems were previously noticed after Microsoft began enforcing its digital signature requirement in that version of the operating system, and which Interactive addressed in KB Q147040943600476.

E911 Service Provider Support

To enable North American customers to comply with emergency service number (E911) regulations implemented in some states and areas, CIC provides a new mechanism for E911 functionality. The E911 feature sends the Media Access Control (MAC) and IP address of a managed station that dials 911 through a CIC client application to a third-party E911 service provider. The E911 service provider can associate those addresses to a previously provided Automatic Location Information (ALI) record and forward it to the correct Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to answer.

For more information, see the E911 Technical Reference in the CIC documentation library.