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Release Notification – SafeGuard Enterprise 8.10

Haridoss Sreenivasan

Hi All,

Overview

SafeGuard Enterprise 8.10 has been released today. It is available in the product download section on Sophos.com now.
 

Applies to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)

SafeGuard Enterprise version 8.10.0.323

Release information

Most relevant changes and new Features

  • Synchronized Encryption: Encryption rules for synchronized encryption can now make use of all encryption keys available.
  • BitLocker Recovery can be done based on the recovery key ID.
  • HTML5 encryption and the Outlook add-in are available with location-based file encryption.
  • Spotlight search is supported (macOS).
  • Organizational Units (OUs) are now protected against accidental deletion. 
  • Backend stability has been improved.
  • BitLocker Challenge/Response is deprecated. It remains in the software to ensure backward compatibility. We offer limited support only.
  • A modern file filter driver has been implemented. Details about differences are described in SafeGuard Enterprise: Differences between legacy and mini filter driver
  • Client installer: Installation mode Typical only installs a device encryption module (Device Encryption or Native Device Encryption) instead of a device encryption module plus Synchronized Encryption as in version 8.0.
  • The SafeGuard WebHelpDesk is now an optional part of the SafeGuard Server installation package and no longer a separate msi.

 

SafeGuard Enterprise 8.10: Release Notes



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    Hello

    I've upgraded from 8 to 8.10 and have noticed a massive hit to performance at the endpoints.

    The performance hit happens when the new client is installed.

    I thought it might be the new mini filter, so I've tried disabling as per this article: https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132398 but it didn't help.

    I will try reverting a few endpoints back to see if that helps.

    Has anyone else seen this issue? Or have any ideas please?

    Thanks

  • 0 in reply to SPerna

    Hello again

    Just to put some real life timings on this issue. I've timed opening a program with different SGN client states:

    • SGN Client 8.10 - 3.20 minutes to open program.
    • SGN Client 8.10 with mini filter disabled - 14 seconds to open program.
    • No SGN client - 11 seconds to open program.
    • SGN client 8 - 12 seconds to open program.

    So you can see SGN client 8 had little impact compared to no client. But SGN client 8.10 has crippled all applications our network.

    So, it does look to be an issue with the new mini filter.

    Thanks

  • 0 in reply to S1P

    I've opened case#8300032 with Sophos.

  • 0 in reply to S1P

    Hi Simon,

    so far I haven´t noticed a performance drop with the new filter, compared to SGN 8.0.

    Are you referring to a specific program? Did you perhaps have an excluded paths set using the IgnorePaths reg keys in 8.0.

    This has changed in 8.1 to a different location and keyname according to: community.sophos.com/.../132447

    Cheers

    F.

     

  • 0 in reply to Funkey

    Hello F.

    Thanks for your response.

    No, not a specific program as such. Everything appears to be painfully slow, even opening Windows Explorer is very slow.

    We never had a need to use the excluded paths reg mods in the past, and as everything appears to be slow now I can't see that adding them will help.

    I've been in touch with support and have collected logs, so I'll wait for their response.

    Thank you.

    Simon

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  • 0 in reply to Funkey

    Hello F.

    Thanks for your response.

    No, not a specific program as such. Everything appears to be painfully slow, even opening Windows Explorer is very slow.

    We never had a need to use the excluded paths reg mods in the past, and as everything appears to be slow now I can't see that adding them will help.

    I've been in touch with support and have collected logs, so I'll wait for their response.

    Thank you.

    Simon

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