Hello! I'm wondering if there are any dependencies for MSXML6. Got a question form a customer wondering if they still need MSXML on their servers since their security team has flagged MSXML4 as a vulnerability. I'm aware that MSXML4 is no longer used by DataMiner, but what about MSXML6? I've found release notes mentioning the removal of MSXML4 but nothing regarding the removal of MSXML6 so I'm assuming we still use it.
The customer's security team has recommended to remove MSXML from the servers. What would be the recommendation here? At the time of this writing, I don't have the info on what DMA version the customer is running.
Also, I noticed on our DataMiner Docs that we still mention MSXML4 as being checked during an upgrade. Seems like outdated information https://docs.dataminer.services/develop/TOOLS/TOOUpgradePackageContent/Steps_taken_during_an_upgrade_operation.html
MSXML 6 is still being used by the SLXml server module, for reading and writing a number of XML configuration files. There is currently no timeline to get rid of this dependency.
Upgrades are currently checking for the presence of MSXML 6. The docs will be updated.