What's new

This section describes new features and enhancements in the latest version of Kaspersky Scan Engine.

What's new in version 2.1

• Multi-user mode for Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI is supported; Administrator and Operator user roles are available for Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI users.
• System audit functionality. With the system audit, it is much easier to monitor how Kaspersky Scan Engine functions and to analyze security incidents when they happen.
• Automatic upgrade to a newer version of Kaspersky Scan Engine by using the install utility.
• Different modes for Kaspersky Scan Engine instances in a cluster. Kaspersky Scan Engine instances now can work in different modes at the same time: when some instances work in ICAP mode, others work in HTTP mode.
• Automatic removal of inactive cluster instances. If this function is enabled, Kaspersky Scan Engine automatically removes from the cluster those instances that are inactive for a specified period of time.
• API token authentication. If this function is enabled, Kaspersky Scan Engine provides access to its functions only to those HTTP clients that have successfully authenticated by using the API token.
• Separate KAV SDK objects. Starting from Kaspersky Scan Engine version 2.1, KAV SDK objects are delivered as a separate package.
• X- response header fields:
  • X-Infection-Found
  • X-Response-Desc
  • X-Response-Info
  • X-Violations-Found
  • X-Include
• Custom response header field that contains information about the anti-virus database version used by Kaspersky Scan Engine to scan objects. The name of the field is specified in DatabaseVersionICAPHeader.
• Value limits have changed for the following parameters:
  • KeepAliveSettings > TimeoutMs (HTTP mode)
  • KeepAliveSettings > MaxRequests (HTTP mode)
  • KeepAliveSettings > TimeoutMs (ICAP mode)
  • KeepAliveSettings > MaxRequests (ICAP mode)