SHA-1 Signing Certificate Expiration and Deprecation on Dell Data Security Products
Résumé: Learn about how SHA-1 signing certificate expiration and deprecation may affect Dell Data Security (formerly Dell Data Protection) products.
Symptômes
- Products listed in the Affected Products may not be in an Active state. For up-to-date information about support for a product, reference Product Life Cycle (End of Support and End of Life) Policy for Dell Data Security. If you have any questions on alternative articles, either reach out to your sales team or contact endpointsecurity@dell.com.
- Reference Endpoint Security for additional information about current products.
As of January 2020, the secure hash algorithm 1 (SHA-1) code-signing certificates that Dell Data Security products use is no longer valid. With the deprecation of SHA-1 globally, new SHA-1 certificates will not be issued, which may impact older operating systems.
Affected Products:
- Dell Encryption Enterprise
- Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition
- Dell Encryption Personal
- Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition
- Dell Encryption External Media
- Dell Data Protection | External Media Edition
- Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise
- Dell Endpoint Security Suite Pro
- Dell Data Guardian
- Dell Security Management Server
- Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition Server
- Dell BitLocker Manager
- Dell Data Protection | BitLocker Manager
- Dell Encryption Self-Encrypting Drive Manager
- Dell Data Protection | Self-Encrypting Drive Manager
- Dell Data Protection | Server Edition
- Dell Full Disk Encryption
- Dell Threat Defense
- Absolute
- CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor
- Carbonite Endpoint
- VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Affected Operating Systems:
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008 R2 and earlier
Cause
Not applicable
Résolution
As of January 2020, SHA-1 signing certificates are no longer valid and cannot be renewed. Devices running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 SP2 require Microsoft updates:
Applications and installation packages that are signed with SHA-1 certificates still function. However, an error is displayed on the endpoint during installation or execution of the application without these updates installed.
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