Release Notes Full Disk Encryption 21.0 Update 2
About This Release
Full Disk Encryption 21.0 Update 2 provides new and improved features that have been implemented. During the development of this version, we have been focusing on valued feedback from our customers and partners to provide an ideal feature selection.
New Features and Improvements
Please find all new features and improvements below:
Pre-boot authentication (PBA)
- Added a support for helpdesk self-initialization for Simple PBA (graphical mode).
- Added Helpdesk for Simple PBA (graphical mode) in case when disk is locked.
- Added PBA UEFI logs.
- Default PBA mode was changed from Linux to Graphical Simple PBA for UEFI.
- Now only MBR partition layout can be used for creating WinPE bootable USB.
- Added a spacing for login in Simple PBA (graphical mode), where the domain name is short.
- Added a delay after three incorrect password attempts for Simple PBA (graphical mode).
- Fixed an issue with not wide enough fields for helpdesk Simple PBA (graphical mode) challenge-response.
- Fixed an issue where Graphical Simple PBA was wrongly scaled.
- Fixed an issue where the Deactivate PBA and Reenable PBA after x reboots options were active when going back from a configuration policy to an initialization policy. Now by going back there appears a message informing that all unsaved settings will be lost.
- Fixed an issue where PBA could be skipped every time, although the suspension was set for a limited number of times.
- Fixed an issue where single sign-on did not work on some computer models.
- Fixed an issue with an incorrect behavior when configuring smart card reader and provider.
- Fixed an issue where the Reboot button was hidden after the PBA initialization for BIOS systems. Now the button will be available only if BitLocker is activated.
Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
- A message about incorrect file extension (if wrong file instead of .eri selected) was added to WinPE.
- UEFI PBA for FDE: size optimization to fit any EFI partition.
- Fixed an issue where an external storage was recognized as internal and was offered for encryption.
UI
- Added new design for passwords in Policy Builder.
- Redesigned ERI creation module in FDE Console for failed operations.
- Redesign for the FDE password page.
Console
- Optimized the number of requests from Console to Server when working within Product settings » FDE » Configuration profiles.
- FDE and PBA data security improvements.
- The disk encryption in Console without an ERI password configured is not available anymore.
- Now if the drive is encrypted by FDE, it is not possible to encrypt it by BitLocker via Console.
- Added a correct status without time delay that FDE is uninstalled (in case of we uninstalling FDE when FDE is initialized).
- FDE uninstall log added to с:/program data/egosecure/encryption hdd on the Agent side.
- Fixed an issue where the Console displayed errors after the FDE uninstallation.
Additional Information
- For details about software and hardware requirements, see the article System requirements.
- For details about installation and support information, see the article Usage and Support.