Reference Guide

Manage Policies
in Password
EMS Password Attempts
Allowed
3
1-10
Number of times the user can attempt to enter the correct password.
EMS Special
Characters Required
in Password
Not Selected Selected requires one or more special characters in the password.
EMS Access and Device
Code Length
16
8, 16, 32
Number of characters access and device codes have. 32 characters is
the most secure, while 8 is the easiest to enter.
EMS Access Code
Attempts Allowed
3
1-10
Number of times the user can attempt to enter the access code.
EMS Access Code
Failure Action
Apply Cooldown
Apply Cooldown, Wipe Encryption Keys
Action to take following unsuccessful Access Code Attempts Allowed:
• Apply Cooldown to allow another round of attempts following the
specified cooldown period (Cooldown Time Delay and Cooldown Time
Increment policies)
• Wipe Encryption Keys to have the Encryption client delete the
encryption keys on the removable storage, making the encrypted data
inaccessible until the owner takes the media to a Dell-encrypted
computer for which he has a login.
EMS Access Code
Required Message
String
Authentication
Failed. Please
contact your system
administrator.
String - 5-512 characters - Authentication Failed: Please contact your
system administrator.
Message that displays when a user needs to contact you for an access
code (after authentication failure).
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Message policies must have non-blank values.
"Space" and "Enter" characters used to add lines between
rows count as
characters used. Messages over the 512 character limit are truncated
on the client.
Optionally customize the second sentence of the message to include
specific instructions about how to contact a help desk or security
administrator for authentication failures.
EMS Cooldown Time
Delay
30
0-5000 seconds
Number of seconds the user must wait between the first and second
rounds of access code entry attempts.
EMS Cooldown Time
Increment
20
0-5000 seconds
Incremental time to add to the previous cooldown time after each
unsuccessful round of access code entry attempts.
EMS Access Code
Failed Message
String
You are not
authorized to use
this media. Please
contact your system
administrator.
String - 5-512 characters - You are not authorized to use this media.
Please contact your system administrator.
Message that displays following unsuccessful Access Code Attempts
Allowed.
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Message policies must have non-blank values.
"Space" and "Enter" characters used to add lines between rows count as
characters used. Messages over the 512 character limit are truncated
on the client.
Optionally customize the message to include specific instructions
about how to contact the help desk or security administrator.
EMS Encryption Rules
Encryption rules to be used to encrypt/not encrypt certain drives,
directories, and folders.
A total of 2048 characters are allowed. "Space" and "Enter" characters
used to add lines between rows count as characters used. Any rules
exceeding the 2048 limit are ignored.
See Encryption Rules for information.
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Storage devices which incorporate multi-
interface connections, such as
Firewire, USB, eSATA, etc. may require the use of both EMS and
encryption rules to encrypt the endpoint. This is necessary due to
differences in how the Windows operating system handles storage
devices based on interface type.
To ensure encrypting an iPod via EMS does not make the device
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