January 2024

This document provides information about Ascertia ADSS Server. Browse through the following topics to find out about new features, product enhancements, improvement, known issues, and limitations for this release.


For information related to tested 3rd party components such as operating systems, database servers, and Hardware Security Modules, please review Ascertia Platform Support, this can be found here: https://www.ascertia.com/product-documentation/platform-support/


Ascertia ADSS Server has successfully completed Common Criteria certification at the EAL4+ Assurance Level. For details, visit https://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/products/index.cfm, under Key Management Systems.


New Features

  • Regular Release installer (ADSS-20751)

ADSS 8.3.2 introduces a streamlined installation for regular releases, allowing users to seamlessly install incremental updates comprising of new features, improvements and bug fixes. This offers simplified installation procedures, such as automated backup, smooth file replacement, executing database scripts, guaranteeing a frictionless installation flow and the ability to revert changes in the event of failures.


Product Enhancements

  • Additional policy controls for ADSS Server SAM Service HSM key storage (ADSS-20436)

A new policy control has been introduced in the ADSS Server SAM Service to allow user to enable or disable the automatic removal of keys into the HSM after each eSeal signing operation, this enables large volumes of eSeals to be used beyond a HSM storage capacity without requiring additional authorisations.


  • New Security Policy to reject multiple use of pubic keys (ADSS-20289)

A new security policy option has been added in the ADSS Server Certification Service to reject already certified public keys in certificates created through certification service, key manager and manual certification, this prevents a client from trying to request a certificate multiple times without first generating new public and private keys.


Security Improvements

  • Migration from .NET framework 4.5 to .NET Core 8.0 (ADSS-20454)

ADSS Server Client SDK has been migrated from .NET framework (4.5) to .NET core (8.0).


  • Upgraded Tomcat (ADSS- 20782)

The ADSS Server has been upgraded tomcat from v9.0.76 to v9.0.83.


  • 3rd party updates (ADSS- 20783)

Third party products supplied as part of ADSS Server have been upgraded.