Dell Trusted Device Technical Advisories v2.
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1 Technical Advisories The Dell Trusted Device agent is part of the Dell SafeBIOS product portfolio. The Trusted Device agent includes BIOS Verification, Image Capture, and BIOS Events & Indicators of Attack. BIOS Verification provides customers with affirmation that devices are secured below the operating system, a place where IT administrator visibility is lacking. It enables customers to verify BIOS integrity using an off-host process without interrupting the boot process.
Maximum value = 172800 (48 hours) Default = every 12 hours Value (in decimal) = 3600 - sweeps occur every one hour • Value (in decimal) = 172800 - sweeps occur every 48 hours This entry changes the delay in milliseconds between each individual BIOS attribute retrieval. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Dell\TrustedDevice\ DWORD=MSBetweenAttributeReads Minimum value in milliseconds = 500 Maximum value in milliseconds = 2000 Default = every 500 ms Value (in decimal) = 500 - reads a different BIOS attribute every 500 ms • Valu
• • The Dell Trusted Device agent is available with the improper signature. [DPS-1213] All Windows Registry entries are not removed after uninstalling Trusted Device. [DPS-1387] New Features and Functionality v1.7 • No technical advisories exist. Resolved Technical Advisories v1.7 • • Results no longer take up to 30 seconds to populate. [DPS-587] The Dell DiagnosticInfo utility now collects all registry information for BIOS Verification. [DPS-925] Technical Advisories v1.
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Resolved Technical Advisories v1.5 • An issue resulting in false verification failure for platforms with multiple valid BIOS images is resolved. [DPS-306, DPS-307, DPS-699, DPS-820, DPS-822] Technical Advisories v1.5 • No technical advisories exist. New Features and Functionality v1.4 • • BIOS Verification now automatically captures corrupt or tampered BIOS images on boot. BIOS Verification v1.
Resolved Technical Advisories v1.2 • BIOS Verification's desktop icon is rebranded to Dell BIOS Verification Console. [DPS-143] Technical Advisories v1.2 • • • • BIOS Verification does not currently differentiate between upgrade or new install in the graphic user interface. [DPS-448] When changing the Image Store directory, BIOS Verification does not currently check for write access to the destination directory.
