Java ARL Evidence Files

janiceflex asked a question.

March 19, 2021 at 5:04 PM

We have attached various Java Platform applications to our Java licenses and we are seeing some ARL generated file paths from Application Properties > Evidence > File that seem out of the ordinary.

For Oracle Java Platform 8.0.281 Standard, under Application Properties > Evidence > File, why is the ARL generated product version 15.0.1% instead of 8.0.281%?

File:

Name

Version

Product version

Product name

Path

Company

Recognition rule

Matches

Added evidence

Ignored

Assigned

java.exe

15.0.1.%

Java(TM) Platform SE

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_164238187\

Oracle%

At least one

619

Yes

javac.exe

15.0.1.%

Java(TM) Platform SE

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_164238187\

Oracle%

At least one

619

Yes

jshell.exe

15.0.1.%

Java(TM) Platform SE

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_164238187\

Oracle%

Not for recognition

619

Yes

For Oracle Java Platform 8.0.241 Standard, under Application Properties > Evidence > File, why is the ARL generated path: C:\Program Files\Progressive Insurance\Oracle\Java\javapath\?

Name

Version

Product version

Product name

Path

Company

Recognition rule

Matches

Added evidence

Ignored

Assigned

java.exe

8.0.241%

Java(TM) Platform SE 8

C:\Program Files\Progressive Insurance\Oracle\Java\javapath\

Oracle%

At least one

4,752

Yes

For Oracle Java Platform 8.0.221 Standard, under Application Properties > Evidence > File, why is the ARL generated path: C:\Users\brian.t.gallagher\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\jre8\8.0.2210.11\?

Name

Version

Product version

Product name

Path

Company

Recognition rule

Matches

Added evidence

Ignored

Assigned

java.exe

8.0.2210.%

Java(TM) Platform SE 8

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221\bin\java.exe

Oracle%

At least one

2,324

Yes

JRE8x86.exe

8.0.2210.11

Java Platform SE 8 U221

C:\Users\brian.t.gallagher\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\jre8\8.0.2210.11\

Oracle%

Not for recognition

Yes

Has anyone else seen these oddities on the file paths for ARL generated applications and is this the correct data or something that Flexera need to correct in the next version of the ARL?

FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises

0_erwinlindemann
6 years ago
Hi Janice,
For 1: Especially for SUN and Oracle Java, it is common that the 'ProductVersion' and 'FileVersion' properties for file evidence linked to an application is not consistent with the application version itself.
The SQL statement below retrieves all applications where the version numbers don't match. With ARL 2590, this statement returns 440 rows. You can see the results in the Excel file attachment 'JavaFileEvidence VersionNoNotMatching.xlsx'.
For 2 & 3: If you change the WHERE condition in the SQL script to check for non-empty [FilePath] data, you'll see a lot of strange file path data including the one that you reported. This does not result in problems with application recognition as the file path is not used for this purpose.
I have no idea who 'brian.t.gallagher' might be and why local Java file evidence information from his computer has been picked for the FNMS ARL :-). Basically, providing [FilePath] information with the ARL especially for Windows seems to be a waste of disk space and network bandwidth though.

SELECT st.[FullName] ,stt.[DefaultValue] As SoftwareTitleType ,stp.[ProductName] ,stv.VersionName AS Version ,ste.EditionName As Edition ,oms.DescriptionDefaultValue As OperatorManageState ,stc.DefaultValue AS [SoftwareTitleClassification] ,ge.Path AS [Category] ,st.[ReleaseDate] ,st.[HasInstalls] ,fe.FileName ,fe.FileVersion ,fe.ProductName ,fe.ProductVersion ,fe.Company ,fe.FilePath ,eer.RuleDefaultString AS EvidenceExistenceRule FROM [SoftwareTitle] st JOIN [SoftwareTitleType] stt ON st.[SoftwareTitleTypeID] = stt.[SoftwareTitleTypeID] JOIN [SoftwareTitleProduct] stp ON st.[SoftwareTitleProductID] = stp.[SoftwareTitleProductID] LEFT OUTER JOIN [SoftwareTitleVersion] stv ON st.[SoftwareTitleVersionID] = stv.[SoftwareTitleVersionID] LEFT OUTER JOIN [SoftwareTitleEdition] ste ON st.SoftwareTitleEditionID = ste.SoftwareTitleEditionID JOIN [OperatorManageState] omsON st.[OperatorManageStateID] = oms.OperatorManageStateID JOIN [SoftwareTitleClassification] stcON st.SoftwareTitleClassificationID = stc.SoftwareTitleClassificationID JOIN GroupEX geON ge.GroupExID = st.CategoryID JOIN SoftwareTitleFileEvidence stfe -- provides the [FileEvidenceID]ON stfe.SoftwareTitleID = st.SoftwareTitleID JOIN [FileEvidence] feON fe.FileEvidenceID = stfe.FileEvidenceID JOIN [EvidenceExistenceRule] eeron eer.EvidenceExistenceRuleID = stfe.EvidenceExistenceRuleID WHERE 1 = 1 AND (fe.Company LIKE 'Oracle%' OR fe.Company LIKE 'SUN%') AND stp.ProductName LIKE '%JAVA%' AND LEFT(stv.VersionName,1) <> LEFT(fe.FileVersion,1) ORDER BY fe.Company, st.[FullName]

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- ChrisG (Flexera Software)
  6 years ago
  The paths shown on file evidence records are illustrative of one common path that occurrences of this file were found across multiple computers when the the file evidence record was created. So the paths you see there can be treated as examples of where the identified files have been found; don't interpret this as an indication that all occurrences of an identified file are found at the stated path.
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