Endpoint Encryption

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  • 1.  Secondary partition encryption only

    Posted Dec 04, 2009 11:47 AM

    Can you actually encrypt only a secondary partition on the local hard drive?  I.e. User does NOT want to encrypt the C: drive but would like to encrypt the D: drive on all laptops. 


  • 2.  RE: Secondary partition encryption only

    Posted Dec 07, 2009 05:57 PM
    that is not possible with the current version of SEE 


  • 3.  RE: Secondary partition encryption only

    Posted Dec 10, 2009 02:34 PM

    That's interesting.  Another Symantec SE said it was completely possible.  The manual makes NO indication that this isn't possible and leads the user to believe that it could work that way. 


  • 4.  RE: Secondary partition encryption only

    Posted Dec 10, 2009 04:09 PM
    SEE encrypts the OS drive. If the OS drive was labeled D then it would encrypt D. 


  • 5.  RE: Secondary partition encryption only

    Posted Dec 17, 2009 09:51 PM
    Blenky,

    Let me give you an example - if you have a client machine with a single HDD on it and has four partitions C - D - E - F. Now if you want to encrypt only E and F. Then it is possible. No matter if you install SEE on C or on any other drive. To make this possible -- while you are creating client HDD package (on the server) then you need to specify which partitions you want to encrypt.

    By default you have three options - encrypt all - encrypt specific partitions and let the user decide. Here you can choose second option and enter E and F. Install SEE on the client machine and by default SEE will encrypt only E and F. The access and recover utlity will also work fine. This example was for SEE 7.0.4.


    Thanks