Enterprise Application Access (EAA) updates.

​Akamai​ EAA new features

Block transfer to ICAP server using different blocking methods. You can block file transfer to an ICAP server using different blocking methods like specific HTTP status codes, certain values in the HTTP response header, or with a data loss prevention (DLP) message that matches specific keywords in the HTTP message body. In addition, you can send or block traffic when the ICAP server is down.

Direct Connect for Edge Transport based tunnel applications. (beta) You can now enable direct connect mode for edge transport based tunnel applications and use a direct connection between the application and the end user with GPA Client, instead of the edge network, where you may see improved performance and lower latency for application access. This is a beta feature. Contact Akamai support to enable this feature.

Real time connector metrics using Amazon Cloudwatch SIEM. EAA Connector Metrics can be sent to Amazon CloudWatch SIEM. This allows you to easily monitor, analyze, investigate any health issues, security incidents, and perform data visualization for your EAA Connectors.

EAA Connector support for VMware ESXi. Starting with this release, EAA Connector version 26.01 connectors running on VMware ESXi versions earlier than 7.0 will no longer receive upgrades or feature enhancements. This change aligns with VMware’s official end-of-support lifecycle.

VMware ESXi Versions Below 7.0 (6.0 / 6.5 / 6.7)

• EAA connectors will not be upgraded.
• Connectors will receive security patches only until December 2026.After this period, these deployments will not be supported.
• No new features or functional updates will be provided.
• Customers unable to upgrade VMware ESXi should contact support for short-term mitigation options.

VMware ESXi Version 7.0

• EAA connectors will continue to receive upgrades and security patches.
• Support is available until July 2027.

VMware ESXi Version 8.0

• EAA connectors will continue to receive upgrades and security patches.
• Support is available until October 2029.

Fixed customer bugs

• Unified Connector cannot communicate with Linode Registry. This issue has been fixed with the latest connector release which involves a kernel upgrade fix and makes it compatible with VMWare ESXi 7.0 version.