Software Update: Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3.2

Symantec Encryption Management Server is a software appliance that can be deployed on physical hardware or in a VMware environment to automatically encrypt and decrypt email flows, provide public encryption keys to others, and manage connected systems with Symantec Encryption Desktop. For more information, please refer to this page. The version number of Encryption Management Server has arrived at 3.3.2 and includes the following announcement:

What’s New in Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3.2

Note: Symantec Corporation plans to end-of-life the Symantec Encryption Satellite feature in the next major release of Symantec Encryption Management Server.

Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3.2 introduces the following new and improved features:

• Compatibility with Microsoft Windows 8.1
  This release supports the installation of Symantec Encryption Desktop on systems running Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro and Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise, both 32- and 64-bit versions.
• Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.8.5 and 10.9
  This release supports the installation of Symantec Encryption Desktop on systems running Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5 and 10.9. (Note that installation on systems running Mac OS X 10.8.2 and 10.8.3 has been removed.)
• Compatibility with Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  This release supports the installation of Symantec Encryption Desktop and Symantec Drive Encryption on systems running Microsoft Windows Server 2012.
• Compatibility with New Linux Packages
  This release supports the installation of Symantec Drive Encryption for Linux on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5.10.
• Local Self Recovery now available on Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 UEFI systems
  On Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 UEFI systems, you can now use Local Self Recovery to create security questions after encrypting your internal disk. You can answer the security questions and bypass PGP BootGuard in case you forgot your passphrase. (This option may not be available if disabled by policy in a managed environment.)
• User Interface for Microsoft Windows Pre-Installation Recovery
  Microsoft Windows Pre-Installation (WinPE) provides a bootable recovery tool to recover data from an encrypted drive that has been damaged or corrupted. You can now boot to a system that has been damaged or corrupted using a WinPE recovery CD or USB drive and then use the new graphical user interface to recover an encrypted drive.
• New Pre-Boot Smart Card Compatibility
  Added compatibility with Gemalto TOP DM GX4 72k (FIPS) cards for pre-boot authentication for Symantec Encryption Desktop for Windows.
• Creating System Images with Symantec Encryption Desktop
  This release supports the creation of system images (also known as golden image, master image, or base image) with Symantec Encryption Desktop without duplication of the MACHINEGUID.
• Compatibility with Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 (Cumulative Update 2)
  Symantec Gateway Email Encryption is now compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.
• Compatibility with new external directory synchronization products
  Symantec Encryption Management Server is now compatible with OpenLDAP 4.x and Microsoft Active Directory 2012 for external directory synchronization.
• Symantec Encryption Management for Norton Zone
  Symantec Encryption Management for Norton Zone provides the ability to store users’ Norton Zone account encryption keys on the customer’s premise (not in the cloud).

As previously announced, we have removed the Instant Messaging feature in Symantec Encryption Desktop.

Resolved Issues:
For a list of issues that have been resolved in this release, please go to the Symantec Knowledgebase and search for TECH164863, Symantec Encryption Management Server Resolved Issues.