Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Encryption Enterprise Technical Advisories v11.0
- Contents
- Technical Advisories
- Contact Dell ProSupport
- New Features and Functionality v11.0
- Resolved Security Advisories v11.0
- Resolved Technical Advisories v11.0
- Technical Advisories v11.0
- New Features and Functionality v10.10
- Resolved Security Advisories v10.10
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.10
- Technical Advisories v10.10
- New Features and Functionality v10.9
- Resolved Security Advisories v10.9
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.9
- Technical Advisories v10.9
- New Features and Functionality v10.8
- Resolved Security Advisories v10.8
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.8
- Technical Advisories v10.8
- New Features and Functionality v10.7
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.7
- Technical Advisories v10.7
- New Features and Functionality v10.6
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.6
- Technical Advisories v10.6
- New Features and Functionality v10.5
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.5
- Technical Advisories v10.5
- New Features and Functionality v10.4
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.4
- Technical Advisories v10.4
- New Features and Functionality v10.3
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.3
- Technical Advisories v10.3
- New Features and Functionality v10.2.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.2.1
- Technical Advisories v10.2.1
- New Features and Functionality v10.2
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.2
- Technical Advisories v10.2
- New Features and Functionality v10.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.1
- Technical Advisories v10.1
- New Features and Functionality v10.0.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.0.1
- Technical Advisories v10.0.1
- New Features and Functionality v10.0
- Resolved Technical Advisories v10.0
- Technical Advisories v10.0
- New Features and Functionality v8.18
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.18
- Technical Advisories v8.18
- New Features and Functionality v8.17.2
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.17.2
- Technical Advisories v8.17.2
- New Features and Functionality v8.17.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.17.1
- Technical Advisories v8.17.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.17
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.17
- Technical Advisories v8.17
- New Features and Functionality v8.16
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.16
- Technical Advisories
- New Features and Functionality v8.15
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.15
- Technical Advisories v8.15
- New Features and Functionality v8.13
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.13
- Technical Advisories v8.13
- New Features and Functionality v8.12
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.12
- Technical Advisories v8.12
- New Features and Functionality v8.11
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.11
- Technical Advisories v8.11
- New Features and Functionality v8.10.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.10.1
- Technical Advisories v8.10.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.10
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.10
- Technical Advisories v8.10
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.9.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.9
- Technical Advisories v8.9
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.7.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.7
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.7
- Technical Advisories v8.7.1
- Technical Advisories v8.7
- New Features and Functionality v8.6.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.6.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.6
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.6
- Technical Advisories v8.6
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.5.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.5
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.5
- Technical Advisories v8.5
- New Features and Functionality v8.4.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.4.1
- Technical Advisories v8.4.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.4
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.4
- Technical Advisories v8.4
- New Features and Functionality v8.3.2
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.3.2
- Technical Advisories v8.3.2
- New Features and Functionality v8.3.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.3.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.3
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.3
- Technical Advisories v8.3
- New Features and Functionality v8.2.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.2.1
- Technical Advisories v8.2.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.2
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.2
- Technical Advisories v8.2
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.1.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.1
- Technical Advisories v8.1
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.0.1
- New Features and Functionality v8.0
- Resolved Technical Advisories v8.0
- Technical Advisories v8.0
- New Features and Functionality v7.7
- Technical Advisories v7.7
- Resolved Technical Advisories v7.2.3
- Technical Advisories v7.2.3
- Resolved Technical Advisories v7.2.1
- Technical Advisories v7.2.1
- Technical Advisories v7.2
- Resolved Technical Advisories v7.0.1
- Technical Advisories v7.0/7.0.1
- Workarounds
- Software and Hardware Compatibility
Full Disk Encryption v1.2
● In some cases, when user tries to login using PBA after changing hibernations settings, the Single Sign On feature fails.
[DDPC-8683]
● In rare circumstances, when attempting to hibernate a system with Windows 10 and FDE activated, it may not properly
hibernate. [DDPC-8814]
● Currently, the FDE recovery application becomes unresponsive when selecting a recovery file stored on an encrypted
volume. [DDPC-8996]
Legacy Boot Mode FDE
● In some cases, when the primary partition of a disk does not have enough contiguous free space to create a PBA partition,
then FDE activation may fail. The current work around is to free up enough space in the primary partition and apply a system
reboot. [DDPC-8939]
Bitlocker Manager v8.18
● No technical advisories
New Features and Functionality v8.17.2
● SED Manager includes a security update addressing the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5754. Customers
and field teams should take v8.17.2 and all sustaining releases as a best practice.
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.17.2
Encryption Enterprise for Windows
● The following hard-coded exclusions have been added for improved interoperability with Windows Defender and Microsoft
Credential Vault:
○ C:\ProgramData\
○ C:\Program Files\
○ C:\Program Files (x86)\
○ C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\
Due to these changes, a re-sweep will be performed to ensure that these folders are properly protected by Dell Encryption.
This sweep decrypts files that are system-generated files, but will ensure that user-generated data within these folders will
stay protected as either Common encrypted or SDUser encrypted data based on currently set policies. These changes can
be overridden by adding a Category 3 inclusion to SDE Encryption Rules. [DDPC-8037, DDPC-8147]
● Resolved an issue that resulted in an Operating System failure when Dell Encryption is installed and a Thunderbolt docking
station is used.
NOTE:
This is a temporary fix, and will be corrected in the next release of Dell Encryption. New drivers for
thunderbolt based docking stations may be required for a final resolution.
Preboot Authentication v8.17.2
● The username text is now displayed in French on the PBA screen after FDE has been installed on a UEFI machine.
[DDPC-8012]
● An issue where the Lock/Unlock commands were not immediately enforced even though the "check for PBA commands"
policy was enabled has been resolved. [DDPC-8021]
Technical Advisories
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