FEATURE REQUEST:GKM key should sync with domain password on password reset by user

Products

• Desktop Email Encryption
• Encryption Management Server

Issue/Introduction

Domain user password and GKM key passphrase are set separately and are not synchronized. GKM key passphrase should synchronized with domain password when password is reset by a domain user.

Cause

Guarded Key Mode (GKM) was designed so the GKM key stored by Symantec Encryption Management Server is encrypted using the user's passphrase.

Resolution

Symantec Corporation is committed to product quality and satisfied customers. This Feature Request is currently being considered by Symantec Corporation to be addressed in a forthcoming version of the product. 

Technical Support filed a Feature Request to add this product feature.  Note that a feature request is exactly that, a request. There is no committed date for this request from the Product Management team, nor from the Engineering team at this time.

 

Please be sure to refer back to this document periodically as any changes to the status of the request will be reflected here.