Release Highlights
Highlights include the following product enhancements.
Dynamic Service Activator
Dynamic Service Activator now complies with PacketCable Multimedia Web Service Interface Specification PKT-SP-MM-WS-I01-051221. This specification provides a Web service SOAP/XML interface between a generic application server and a PCMM application manager. This interface allows an application server to dynamically request resources on the cable operator's access network.
Threat Mitigation Application
The Threat Mitigation Application allows service providers to respond to attacks on the SDX-managed network. The Threat Mitigation Application can be customized based on customer-supplied data to control the description and recommended actions for each type of attack. The Threat Mitigation Application includes the ability to log all user operations to provide an audit trail of actions.
The Threat Mitigation Application uses these components to respond to threats:
- Juniper Networks Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) Sensors to detect the threats.
- Juniper Networks NetScreen-Security Manager to manage the IDP Sensors and to signal the Threat Mitigation Portal when a threat is detected.
- The Threat Mitigation Portal, which is the user interface for the Threat Mitigation Application, to manage threats and act on them.
Volume-Tracking Application
The VTA now allows multiple subscriber sessions to share the same VTA account. The VTA debits usage from all the subscriber sessions from the account. When the account is empty, service sessions for all subscribers are stopped. When the account is refilled, the VTA starts services for all subscriber sessions that share the account. As part of this feature, the VTA now supports multiple concurrent logins.
You can now use VTA Configuration Manager to configure logging for the VTA, the VTA subscriber ID, SAE lookup, and the namespace of the VTA NIC proxy.
In SAE proxy processor actions, you can now specify whether a service session is persistent. A persistent service session starts when a subscriber logs in, and remains active until logout. If the subscriber loses the connection to the network, the SAE restores the service when the subscriber reconnects. We recommend that you use persistent service sessions for service sessions that are started in the deep packet inspection (DPI) environment.