Dell Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories v10.9 December 2020 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories..................................................... 5 Contact Dell ProSupport....................................................................................................................................................5 Technical Advisories and Documentation......................................................................................................................
Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.11.2..................................................................... 14 Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.11.2........................................................................ 14 Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.11.1......................................................................15 Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.11.1................................
1 Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories Encryption Enterprise for Mac can manage FileVault full disk encryption.
Encryption Enterprise for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v10.9 Encryption Client v10.9 ● The issue has been resolved where, during installation when using mobile device management (MDM) deployment, a warning states a helper tool is required. [DDPSUS-2750] ● The issue has been resolved where, during an upgrade, a warning states a helper tool and administrator password are required. [DDPSUS-2861, DDPMS-2024] Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories v10.9 Encryption Client v10.
Encryption Enterprise for Mac New Features and Functionality v10.6 ● macOS Catalina 10.15.3 and 10.15.4 are now supported. ● In System Preferences > Dell Encryption Enterprise > System Volumes, a Collect Logs button at the bottom right allows an administrator to pre-generate logs for support. This action may impact performance while logs are collected. Encryption Enterprise for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v10.6 Encryption Client v10.
● For enterprises that use removable media with macOS 10.15 and higher and Encryption Enterprise, steps explain how users can enable full disk access for external media. ● Copyright for OS X Fuse was updated. ● Recovery options have been updated. Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories v10.5 Encryption Client v10.5 ● On the Policies tab, if the endpoint's Unique ID does not display, refresh the screen. [DDPMS-1639] ● If performing recovery with macOS Catalina v10.
Encryption Enterprise for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v10.0.1 Encryption Client v10.0.1 ● Dell Encryption is now compatible with FileVault2 on computers with a T2 chip. For more information, see https:// www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln309130/unable-to-encrypt-macos-with-dell-encryption-enterprise-for-mac-t2issue-?lang=en . [DDPSUS-2391] Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories v10.0.1 Encryption Client v10.0.1 ● No technical advisories exist.
● Encryption fails on non-boot volumes on an iMac Pro with the selection of all fixed volumes and policy set to filevault encryption. [DDPMS-1807] ● In rare occurrences, to successfully eject a drive from the External Media tab in the preferences panel, the user must rightclick and select Eject on the drive and then select Eject again after the drive is removed from the desktop. To work around this issue, the user can use Finder to eject the drive.
Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories v8.17.2 Encryption Client v8.17.2 No Technical Advisories exist. Encryption Enterprise for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.17 ● ● ● ● macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 is now supported. Encryption client is compatible as a 64-bit application Inventory information sent to Dell Server is now encrypted. EMS Explorer indicates encrypted files with lock icon. Encryption Enterprise for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.17 Encryption Client v8.
Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories v8.16.2 Encryption Client v8.16.2 ● Decrypt recovery is not supported with macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 and higher on Mac Encryption v8.16.2 and higher. [DDPMS-1689] ● An unmounted, encrypted APFS volume may impair Encryption client performance. Encryption Enterprise for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.16 ● macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 is now supported.
● Enterprise Server is rebranded to Dell Security Management Server. ● Virtual Edition is rebranded to Dell Security Management Server Virtual. Encryption Enterprise for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.15 Encryption Client v8.15 Resolved Customer Issues ● Non-encrypted NTFS media can now successfully mount with Encryption External Media. [DDPSUS-1781] Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories v8.15 Encryption Client v8.
EMS v8.13.1, which is included in Dell-Data-Protection-Mac-8.13.1.65, is not supported with macOS Sierra 10.12.5. Organizations using Mac EMS should not upgrade to macOS Sierra 10.12.5. Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.13 ● New Server policies replace the need to manage some settings through .plist entries. When upgrading to Dell Enterprise Server or VE v9.7, ensure that the following policies' values are correctly set. Policy settings override .
● Amended 4/2017 - An error no longer displays when accessing Mac-provisioned removable media that was previously accessed on a Windows computer. [DDPMS-1296] ● Amended 4/2017 - An issue is resolved that caused the computer to become unresponsive during encryption or decryption of some Fusion drives. [DDPMS-1302] Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.11.1 ● macOS Sierra v10.12.2 is now supported.
Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.7.2 ● Files with multi-byte accented characters are now compatible across Mac and Windows platforms with External Media Shield. [DDPMS-964] ● Recovery using the recovery keychain now proceeds as expected when the recovery file is stored on a volume with spaces in its name. [DDPMS-966] ● The recovery application now allows access to a fallback recovery keychain generated before the final UUID of an encrypted HFS+ volume is determined.
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.0 In-Place Upgrade On a computer running Dell Encryption, decryption must be performed prior to upgrade to Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.0. When upgrading a computer with FV2 encryption, decryption before upgrade is not necessary. Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.7 ● Amended 01/2016 - Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11.0, v10.11.1, v10.11.2, and v10.11.3 are now supported. Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.
Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.6 ● After the Encrypt Using FileVault for Mac policy is changed from True to False, the user is now prompted to allow decryption to begin, as expected. [DDPMS-621] ● When Mac OS Extended Media is connected to the computer and the EMS Encrypt External Media policy is set to False, the user is no longer notified that the media format is unsupported. [DDPMS-626] ● FileVault encryption is now performed on a CoreStorage boot volume without a restart.
Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.4.0.6247 ● Amended 11/2014 - Mac OS X Yosemite v10.10.0 and v10.10.1 are now supported without a preference file override. ● External Media Edition now provides the option to scan and encrypt files and folders on removable storage media each time the media is connected to the client computer. Also, a more detailed encryption status is available at the client computer. Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.4.0.
● The recovery extension now loads only when the Recovery utility runs a Mount or Accept new configuration operation on a volume encrypted with Dell full disk encryption. The recovery extension is no longer loaded for a FileVault encrypted volume. [DDPMS-150] ● The Enterprise Edition for Mac installer now supports the use of port 80 with Dell Policy Proxy.
Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and Functionality v8.1.3 ● Amended 03/2014 - Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 is not supported. ● Fusion Drive support has been added. ● The new Client Tools feature offers the administrator the capability to remotely activate and examine a client. A client can be activated directly through a shell or through a script, using either Administrator credentials or temporary activation as the user without leaving evidence of the activation.
● exFAT format on flash drives is now supported for accessing external media encrypted by External Media Edition. exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a Microsoft file system optimized for flash drives. ● The Dell Device Server default port number is now 8443. However, port number 8081 will still allow activations. Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical Advisories v8.
● The Dell Data Protection System Preferences pane may show incorrect encryption status for another encrypted system volume attached to the computer. This occurs only if the other system volume was encrypted using a different computer.
2 Workarounds Before you begin, be aware of the following workarounds that have been identified during testing. ● Modifying the system RAM configuration will invalidate the security protection profile of an encrypted volume. This will prevent the computer from booting on the following restart. To validate the new configuration and restore the bootability of the encrypted system volume, apply the Accept new system configuration operation in the Dell Recovery Utility. See the Online Help for instructions.
