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Filr 24.4.1: Security vs Usability

Girish K S

Hello Community, The Filr 24.4.1 primarily addresses sync issues in the Filr client for Mac. However, it also includes security enhancements that enforce stricter validation of the Host header in incoming HTTP requests on Filr server nodes. The Host…

1 month ago
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Ability to limit MFA to some extent

Caroline Oest

As you will have seen in Filr 23.3 ( Filr 23.3 is released!! ) there is an option available to be added to ssf-ext.properties to "Provide configuration to suppress AA chain at Filr user login on a per Filr node basis." What this means is that you can…

over 1 year ago
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Multi-factor Authentication for External Users

Bhoomika Shivakumar

Multi-factor Authentication for External Users OpenText Filr is an enterprise file-sharing and collaboration solution that allows users to access and share files securely from anywhere. OpenText Filr provides Multi-factor authentication (MFA) for…

over 1 year ago
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On-demand session: Useful SQL statements in IM&G - examples for Vibe, Filr, SMG, Retain

Caroline Oest

OpenText offers a lot of powerful tools to survive daily IT requests. Fortunately almost all products use SQL databases in the background: PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL,... In this session Diethmar Rimser, Netagents, showed different examples for useful…

over 1 year ago
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TTP EMEA 2023 - Weekend Workshop: Configuring and Securing Filr, Feb 25/26

Caroline Oest

Sunday 9am – 4pm (One Day) Configuring and Securing Filr Presenter: Robin Redgrave This one day hands on training will go though the steps required to further configure your Filr environment once a basic installation has been performed. You will…

over 1 year ago
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Video: Micro Focus Filr Best Practices

Caroline Oest

Learn the best practices when using Micro Focus Filr.

over 2 years ago
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Video: Troubleshooting Filr

Caroline Oest

Learn how to troubleshoot Filr when problems occur.

over 2 years ago
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Filr SIEM integration with Elasticsearch/ELK using filebeat

RaveNet

With Filr 4.3 we were given access to CEF formatted logs published to a Kafka topic on the Filr appliance. If you are running ELK or Elasticsearch, you can actually ingest these logs fairly easily thanks to filebeat and its CEF processor. Filebeat also…

over 3 years ago
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Heads-up: Upgrading from Filr 3.x to 4.1 - Hostname

Chris Seamons

Note that the hostname on the appliance you are upgrading needs to be FQDN. Ie not just "filr", but say "filr.acme.com". If it is not an FQDN the migration will fail, asking for additional disks. It is also recommended to have just one search domain…

6 months ago
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Filr Content Editor skips proxy settings to register

Chris Seamons

Hi all, just to be sure it seems CE 1.0 jumps over proxy settings and directly knocksy at novell.com's door when trying to register the appliance . It this right ? Please don't ask me to update, 'cause i would be in a chicken egg situation Pa…

6 months ago
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Filr 4.2.1 & Content Editor 1.1 Released!!

Caroline Oest

Happy to announce the release of Filr 4.2.1 . It has enhancements to existing features, customer requests, an improved content preview and of course bug fixes. Along with this, we have also released Content Editor v1.1 . It includes a fresh look, with…

over 1 year ago
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Accepted Solutions - an easy way for community members to locate answers!

Caroline Oest

Below please find list of accepted solutions in the discussion board over the past months. If you find that any post resolves your issue, please be sure to mark it as an accepted solution. Your fellow members will appreciate it! Message Subject…

over 3 years ago
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Share and Comment Settings Rights assigned per group.

Chris Seamons

Hi, just wondering how Filr is going to behave in following situation (Filr Connected to an OES infra): I would like to define various groups to grant sharing rights to users, e.g. : - Group_Re-share - Group_Share_Internal - Group_Share_External How…

6 months ago
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How to share a document for view-only?

simeonof

ISSUE: Need to share a doc to a group of internal users, without them having the ability to download or print or copy/paste its contents. The Collabora Libreoffice Online addition (Filr Content Editor) looks promising, but it can control these activities…

over 3 years ago
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Upgrading to Filr 4 from a VM with snapshots

Chris Seamons

FYI: These steps can also be used when upgrading any major Filr release (like Filr 2 to Filr 3, any upgrade requiring an appliance replacement, preserving the vastorage disk). Additional Disclaimer: This is an untested by engineering and therefor unsupported…

6 months ago
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Now Available: Filr 4.0!

Caroline Oest

Micro Focus is pleased to announce the general availability of Micro Focus Filr 4.0 , the latest iteration of our powerful Enterprise File Sync-and-Share solution that gives users the easy, anytime, and anywhere file access they want while allowing admins…

over 1 year ago
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Last Call - Filr Webinar Today!

NScholz

Just a quick reminder that our webinar, " Safe, Secure, Convenient: The 30-Minute Enterprise File Sharing Buyer’s Guide " is happening today! If you're considering an EFSS solution, this one's for you! Read through the description and get registered below…

over 3 years ago
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Building an MS-DFS environment containing NSS4AD volumes and making it available through Filr

MigrationDeletedUser

In this ever changing and "Directory Agnostic" to shifting world, we're sometimes asked to perform awkward tasks. This is one of them, but mixing 2 worlds to please the majority of your users isn't a bad thing in my book, so here goes. When for various…

over 3 years ago
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Community Webinar - Expand your small Filr deployment to a Bigger & Smarter deployment

MigrationDeletedUser

We have a great Filr Community Webinar coming up on October 31 at 11:00 am EDT, 4:00 pm CET! This webinar, " Expand your small Filr deployment to a Bigger & Smarter deployment ", will show you how your organization can benefit from expanding your Filr…

over 3 years ago
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True Enterprise File Sharing and Access with Filr

MigrationDeletedUser

You need to keep your files and systems secure, however, your users may be sharing and storing files on cloud sharing solutions that are not secure and are not managed by your organization. There needs to be a balance between the functionality that your…

over 3 years ago
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Webinar - Why OES Customers are Upgrading to Filr Advanced - July 18

MigrationDeletedUser

Many Open Enterprise Server (OES) customers have upgraded to Filr Advanced. Join us for the webinar, Why you should upgrade to Filr Advanced , on July 18, at 15:00 CEST, 10am EDT , where we will discuss why customers are upgrading to Filr advanced from…

over 3 years ago
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Make Filr super secure with Multi-Factor Authentication!

MigrationDeletedUser

The days of passwords are over! With Filr Advanced you can now move beyond passwords to secure access to your sensitive information. Filr (version 3.2 onwards) integrates with Micro Focus Advanced Authentication –which supports multiple factors of…

over 3 years ago
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Spring Cleaning your IT World (Part 1)

Lothar Wegner

While it may not quite feel like it in your area, this time of year is typically when people start to think about spring cleaning. While this activity, and having a clean environment is supposed to be therapeutic, many people don’t think about cleaning…

over 3 years ago
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Exploring the GroupWise 18 Client: Integrations with TeamWorks and Filr

MigrationDeletedUser

The new GroupWise 18 desktop client also features some new integration with other Micro Focus products-- namely GroupWise TeamWorks and Micro Focus Filr. GroupWise TeamWorks Integration The GroupWise 18 desktop client also supports integration with GroupWise…

over 3 years ago
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Use Filr to Help Prevent a Data Breach – Filr 3.3

Gil Cattelain

Data breach prevention is now a top concern for businesses of all sizes, and across all vertical markets. As such, many business leaders are now analyzing their networks and searching for critical vulnerabilities that could result in data leaks. One vulnerability…

over 3 years ago
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Filr 24.4.1: Security vs Usability

Ability to limit MFA to some extent

Multi-factor Authentication for External Users

On-demand session: Useful SQL statements in IM&G - examples for Vibe, Filr, SMG, Retain

TTP EMEA 2023 - Weekend Workshop: Configuring and Securing Filr, Feb 25/26

Video: Micro Focus Filr Best Practices

Video: Troubleshooting Filr

Filr SIEM integration with Elasticsearch/ELK using filebeat

Heads-up: Upgrading from Filr 3.x to 4.1 - Hostname

Filr Content Editor skips proxy settings to register

Filr 4.2.1 & Content Editor 1.1 Released!!

Accepted Solutions - an easy way for community members to locate answers!

Share and Comment Settings Rights assigned per group.

How to share a document for view-only?

Upgrading to Filr 4 from a VM with snapshots

Now Available: Filr 4.0!

Last Call - Filr Webinar Today!

Building an MS-DFS environment containing NSS4AD volumes and making it available through Filr

Community Webinar - Expand your small Filr deployment to a Bigger & Smarter deployment

True Enterprise File Sharing and Access with Filr

Webinar - Why OES Customers are Upgrading to Filr Advanced - July 18

Make Filr super secure with Multi-Factor Authentication!

Spring Cleaning your IT World (Part 1)

Exploring the GroupWise 18 Client: Integrations with TeamWorks and Filr

Use Filr to Help Prevent a Data Breach – Filr 3.3

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