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SHRINE 1.22.3 was released on 1/5/2017

  • WARNING: Nodes Networks will not be able to run a mix of 1.21 and 1.22.3. Nodes running SHRINE 1.22.3 will not trust messages sent by a node running SHRINE 1.21 or earlier, or vice versa. Networks will not be able to run a mix of SHRINE 1.21 and 1.22.3 signs and verifies using the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) standard instead of custom code. 

  • UPGRADE: To to JDK 8 and Tomcat 8

  • NEW: Better Data Steward Support To Replace Automatic Lockout
    • Aggregate counts in SHRINE are now rounded to the nearest 5, +/-10. (configurable)
      • Increased noise injected in aggregate counts from sigma 1.3 to 6.5 (now configurable)
      • Inspired by HIPPA and FIRPA
    • SHRINE nodes email an audit request digest to a data steward once every 30 queries per researcher or 30 days (configurable) 
    • A new view in the DSA to show a digest of query terms that researcher has used at a glance, enabling a data steward to compare Research Topics to Researcher Query Terms for auditing purposes
    • Configuration option to turn lockout off (defaults to on, will default to off in 1.23. We will remove the legacy lockout support in 1.24)

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  • IMPROVED Support for cohort studies
    • See above
    • Unbound database storage for flagged query messages (formerly limited to 256 characters). 
    • Tests for the I2b2AdminService, used by the "data admin app" to run a local i2b2 query.

  • IMPROVED: SHRINE System Admin Dashboard
    • Now contains the Problem Log tab, which serves as a web interface table of the various problems that SHRINE reports.
    • Now contains the Remote Dashboards tab, which allows admins at a Hub to connect to the Dashboard of Downstream nodes.
    • The keystore panel will now show whether there are certificate errors between nodes , as well as report on the certificates being used.
    • Many small improvements.

  • IMPROVED: Fixed many bugs within the web client
    • Including scaling problems in the graph feature from SHRINE 1.21
    • Developed a technique to automate tests of the interaction between SHRINE's web client and the QEP

  • OTHER IMPROVEMENTS of note:
    • Bot defense at the adapter to limit queries to a researcher's throughput - 10 queries per minute and 200 per workday (configurable)
    • Dashboard and DSA sessions expire after 20 minutes
    • Replaced custom public key certificate signing with industry standard practicethe Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) industry standard

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