Users Guide

Preboot Authentication
Resolved Customer Issues
● An issue is resolved that resulted in pop-up messages persisting rather than closing. [DDPC-3604]
SED Client v8.15
● The Crypto Erase Password policy now cryptographically erases the SED, deletes the authentication tokens for all users, and
locks the SED. Afterward, only an administrator can forcibly unlock the device. [DDPLP-370, DDPC-5472, 26862]
BitLocker Manager
● An issue is resolved that caused a BitLocker encryption delay, with the log message "volume C: waiting on SED status to be
reported," on a computer running Dell Encryption. [DDPC-4840]
Resolved Customer Issues
● An issue is resolved that related with Microsoft platform validation profile changes that prevented BitLocker encryption from
beginning on Windows 10. [DDPC-5790]
Technical Advisories v8.15
Encryption Enterprise for Windows
● Encryption is not supported on servers that are part of distributed file systems (DFS). [DDPC-6130]
● If the CmgHiber.sys or CmgHiber.dat file is missing from C:\windows\system32\drivers on a computer that
hibernates, the computer will not resume. Ensure that disk cleaner and optimization tools do not delete these files.
[DDPC-6211]
● When removable media is connected to a computer running Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 with the Subclass Storage: External Drive
Control policy set to Blocked, the device name is not included in the access-blocked message or in the Local Management
Console. [DDPC-6503]
● Encrypted user and common data on a computer with an HCA card is unrecoverable if the user clears HCA ownership,
even though the computer is not HCA-encrypted, because the user and common keys are wrapped in the GPE (HCA) key.
[DDPC-6505, DDPC-6535]
Advanced Authentication
● SSL is no longer supported. TLS 1.0, 1.1, or 1.2 should be used rather than SSL.
Preboot Authentication
● A few keys on a Brazilian Portuguese keyboard behave differently than expected on the Dell Precision M4800 running in
UEFI mode. [DDPC-5975]
● A delay in display of the PBA login screen has been observed on the following Dell computers: Optiplex 5055, Precision
5820T, Precision 7820T, and Precision 7920T. [DDPC-6375]
● Recovery of a SanDisk X300 drive with the Recovery All bundle succeeds but may require up to two minutes to complete.
[DDPC-6389]
● SSL is no longer supported. TLS 1.0, 1.1, or 1.2 should be used rather than SSL.
SED Client v8.15
● SSL is no longer supported. TLS 1.0, 1.1, or 1.2 should be used rather than SSL.
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Technical Advisories