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PGP Whole Disk Encryption

High-performance full disk encryption for desktops, laptops, and USB devices

Technical Specifications

Supported Operating Systems

Windows®

  • Windows 7 (all 32- and 64-bit editions)
  • Windows Vista (all 32- and 64-bit editions, including Service Pack 1 and 2)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (requires attached keyboard)
  • Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2 or 3)
  • Windows XP Professional 64-bit (Service Pack 2)
  • Windows XP Professional 32-bit (Service Pack 2 or 3)
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)

Note: The above operating systems are supported only when all of the latest hot fixes and security patches from Microsoft have been applied.

Windows® Server

  • Windows Server 2008 SP 1 and 2 (32- and 64-bit editions)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (32- and 64-bit editions)
  • Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1 and 2)
  • Windows Server 2003 SP 2 (32- and 64-bit editions)

·         PGP WDE supports internal system RAID-1 and RAID-5

Mac OS® X

  • Pre-boot volumes: Apple Mac OS X10.5.x or 10.6.x (Intel-based Macs only)
  • Non-boot volumes: Mac OS X 10.4.X and Mac OS X 10.5.X (Intel and PPC platforms)

Linux®

  • Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04 (32-bit versions) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5.2 and 5.3 (32-bit versions) **

** PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Linux is command line only

Supported Keyboard Languages

PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Windows and Linux

  • English (United States, United Kingdom,US-International)
  • Belgian (Belgium; Comma), Belgian (Belgium; Period)
  • Bosnian (Bosnia),Bosnian (Bosnia; Cyrillic)
  • Bulgarian (Bulgaria), Bulgarian (Bulgaria; Latin) , Bulgarian (Bulgaria; Typewriter)
  • Canadian Multilingual Standard (Canada)
  • Chinese Simplified (China, Singapore), Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong, Taiwan)
  • Croatian (Croatia)
  • Czech (Czechoslovakia; QWERTY)
  • Danish (Denmark)
  • Dutch (The Netherlands)
  • Estonian (Estonia)
  • Finnish (Finland)
  • French (Belgium), French (Canada) , French (France) , French (Switzerland)
  • German (Germany/Austria) , German (IBM) , German (Switzerland)
  • Hebrew (Israel)
  • Hungarian (Hungary) , Hungarian (Hungary; 101 keys)
  • Icelandic (Iceland)
  • Irish (Ireland)
  • Italian (Italy), Italian (Italy; 142 keys)
  • Japanese (Japan)
  • Korean (Korea)
  • Norwegian (Norway)
  • Polish (Poland; Programmers), Polish (Poland; 214 keyboard)
  • Portuguese (Brazil; ABNT keyboards), Portuguese (Brazil; ABNT2 keyboards)
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Romanian (Romania)
  • Russian (Russia; Cyrillic)
  • Serbian (Serbia and Montenegro; Cyrillic), Serbian (Serbia and Montenegro; Latin)
  • Slovak (Slovakia)
  • Slovenian (Slovenia)
  • Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish Variation
  • Swedish (Sweden)
  • Turkish (Turkey; F), Turkish (Turkey; Q)
  • Ukrainian (Ukraine)

PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X

  • English (US-International)
  • Japanese (Japan)
  • German (Germany)
  • French (France)
  • Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain; ISO)

Supported Disks

  • Desktop or laptop disks (partitions in the case of Windows, or the entire disk for Windows and Mac OS X)
  • External disks, excluding music devices and digital cameras
  • USB flash disks
  • Solid-state drives

Authentication Options

  • OpenPGP RFC 4880 keys
  • X.509 keys

Symmetric Key Algorithms-PGP® Whole Disk Encryption

  • AES 256-bit keys
  • AES 128-bit keys (enabled on PGP Universal Server)

Centralized Management Requirements

PGP Whole Disk Encryption is centrally managed by PGP Universal Server which requires a dedicated hardware server. For supported hardware and other information, please refer to the PGP Universal™ Server technical specifications.

Two-Factor Authentication (Windows Only)

Compatible Smart Card Readers for PGP WDE Authentication

The following smart card readers are compatible when communicating to a smart card at pre-boot time. These readers can be used with any compatible removable smart card (it is not necessary to use the same brand of smart card and reader).

Generic smart card readers

Most CCID smart card readers are compatible. The following readers have been tested by PGP Corporation:

  • OMNIKEY CardMan 3121 USB for desktop systems (076b:3021)
  • OMNIKEY CardMan 6121 USB for mobile systems (076b:6622)
  • ActiveIdentity USB 2.0 reader (09c3:0008)
  • SCM Microsystem Smart Card Reader model SCR3311
  • CyberJack smart card readers
    - Reiner SCT CyberJack pinpad (0c4b:0100).
  • ASE smart card readers
    - Athena ASEDrive IIIe USB reader (0dc3:0802)
  • Embedded smart card readers
    - Dell D430 embedded reader
    - Dell D630 embedded reader
    - Dell D830 embedded reader

Compatible Smart Cards or Tokens for PGP WDE Authentication (Windows Only)

PGP Whole Disk Encryption is compatible with the following smart cards for pre-boot authentication:

  • ActiveIdentity ActivClientCAC cards, 2005 model
  • Aladdin eToken PRO 64K, 2048 bit RSA capable
  • Aladdin eToken PRO USB Key 32K, 2048 bit RSA capable
  • Aladdin eToken PRO without 2048 bit capability (older smart cards)
  • Aladdin eToken PRO Java 72K
  • Aladdin eToken NG-OTP 32K
    Note: Other Aladdin eTokens, such as tokens with flash, should work provided they are APDU compatible with the compatible tokens. OEM versions of Aladdin eTokens, such as those issued by VeriSign, should work provided they are APDU compatible with the compatible tokens.
  • Athena ASEKey Crypto USB Token for Microsoft ILM
  • Athena ASECard Crypto Smart Card for Microsoft ILM
    Note: The Athena tokens are compatible only for credential storage.
  • Axalto Cyberflex Access 32K V2
  • Charismathics CryptoIdentity plug 'n' crypt Smart Card only stick
  • EMC RSA SecurID SID800 Token (v1 and 2)
    Note: This token is compatible only for key storage. SecurID is not compatible.
  • EMC RSA Smart Card 5200
  • Marx CrypToken USB token
  • Rainbow iKey 3000
  • S-Trust StarCOS smart card
    Note: S-Trust SECCOS cards are not compatible.
  • SafeNet iKey 2032 USB token
  • T-Systems Telesec NetKey 3.0 smart card
  • T-Systems TCOS 3.0 IEI smart card
  • Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards
    - Oberthur ID-One Cosmo V5.2D PIV cards using ActivClient version 6.1 client software.
    - Giesecke and Devrient Sm@rtCafe Expert 3.2 PIV cards using ActivClient version 6.1 client software.

PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Windows Operating Systems also recognizes and works with smart cards from other vendors if the vendor includes a standards-based PKCS-11 library in its software drivers.