{"id":3392,"date":"2018-05-24T18:15:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T16:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nextron.bsk-consulting.de\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2022-03-25T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:15:06","slug":"thor-util-replaces-thor-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/05\/24\/thor-util-replaces-thor-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"THOR Util Replaces THOR-Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>We are currently upgrading our update infrastructure in many different ways.<\/p>\n<p>We have added 2 new dedicated update servers &#8211; update1 (Karlsruhe, Germany) and update2 (Lenexa, USA). The old update locations will still be supported for a few months but have to be regarded as obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>As a customer, please make sure to allow the following update servers in your proxy \/ firewall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>update1.nextron-systems.com (443\/tcp)<\/li>\n<li>update2.nextron-systems.com (443\/tcp)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this regard, our old utility called &#8220;thor-upgrade.exe&#8221; will be out-of-support by the end of July 2018.<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Please make sure to use the &#8220;THOR util&#8221; for all update tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Major changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supports all download types (THOR, SPARK for Windows, Linux, macOS)<\/li>\n<li>Verifies Download via RSA signature<\/li>\n<li>Runs on all platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS)<\/li>\n<li>Allows updates and the download of a full program packages with config files<\/li>\n<li>No support for proxy NTLM authentication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is already part of all download packs.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-24-at-16.03.04.png&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Since THOR v8.46.9 and SPARK v1.11 all binaries are signed with a 2048 bit RSA key. 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