[staf-news] STAF V3.4.24 and STAX V3.5.16 are now available

[Sharon L. <lu...@us...>]

STAF V3.4.24 and STAX V3.5.16 are now available.  You can find more 
information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software 
Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These 
releases contains bug fixes and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.24 includes: 

1) Security Improvements:
-- Reissued the default certificate for the SSL network interface with a 
longer RSA key length (2048 bits instead of 1024) to fix TCP/IP 
vulnerability scan failures caused by a weak RSA key.  All STAF systems 
that communicate using the ssl interface with the default certificate 
should be upgraded to V3.4.24 or later so that they use the same 
certificate in order to avoid RC 16 with error message 
"STAFConnectionProviderConnect: Error in client SSL handshake".

2) Documentation Improvements: 
-- Updated section "4.4.2 JSTAF service proxy library" in the STAF User's 
Guide to state that STAF Java support on Mac OS X requires Java 8.0 or 
newer.
-- Fixed broken links to other documents and fixed typos in STAF Service 
Developer's Guide.

STAX V3.5.16 includes: 

1) Usability Improvements:
-- Changed the STAX HOLD service request to not be able to hold a child 
block that has a parent block which is already held because the STAX 
User's Guide states that this is not allowed.

2) Internal Changes:
-- Removed redefinition of static variables for service error codes in 
STAXBlockActionFactory.java since already defined in STAX.java.

3) Documentation Improvements:
-- Added descriptions of error codes 4004 and 4005 to "Appendix B: STAX 
Service Error Code Reference" in the STAX User's Guide.

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Sharon Lucas
IBM Austin,   lu...@us...
(512) 286-7313 or Tieline 363-7313