Huntress Rewrites Its Agent Updater in Go to Support TLS 1.2
Summary
Huntress rewrote its agent updater in Go to avoid .NET compatibility issues with TLS 1.2. The company said it would test the new updater before a planned rollout later in 2019.
Key points
- Huntress replaced the third-party wyUpdate utility used in its Windows agent’s update process with a Go implementation.
- The change addresses older .NET versions’ lack of TLS 1.2 support and newer versions’ need for a registry change to enable it.
- Huntress said it released its implementation as open source.
- The company planned to test the new updater before rolling it out later in 2019.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Huntress announced an open-source updater implementation for the Huntress Agent, rewritten in GoLang to address .NET and TLS 1.2 compatibility constraints.
- Impact
- The new updater was planned for testing over the following weeks, with rollout intended later in 2019 after testing. The article reports no security incident or customer impact.
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