USB Two Factor Authentication with Flash device Does Not Work with Symantec Drive Encryption (formerly PGP Whole Disk Encryption)

Article:TECH188656  |  Created: 2012-05-14  |  Updated: 2013-04-05  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH188656
Article Type
Technical Solution


Problem



USB Two Factor Authentication with flash device is a legacy feature the functionality has been removed. 


Error



 Unable to add generic Flash device to drive encryption. 


Environment



 PGP Desktop v 10.x

Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3.x


Solution



Symantec Corporation has acknowledged that the above mentioned issue is present in all current 10.x versions of PGP Desktop and PGP Whole Disk Encryption. This feature was discontinued since PGP Desktop version 10. The issue is the feature is still present in the PGP Desktop user interface, but does not work as expected. Since the feature was discontinued there will be no fix available in the future. Symantec recommends using other authentication methods, such as eToken/smartcards, SSO or Passphrase authentication. The USB two factor authentication method option will be removed from the PGP Desktop user interface in one of the upcoming releases.


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