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Contents

Introducing McAfee Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Why EEFF?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

How EEFF 4.0 works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

EEFF Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

About this guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing EEFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing EEFF using ePO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Checking in the EEFF deployment package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing EEFF extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing the ePO help extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Registering an LDAP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Deploying EEFF on managed nodes using ePO 4.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Deploying EEFF on managed systems using ePO 4.6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Uninstalling EEFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using ePO 4.6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Removing the EEFF extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Removing EEFF deployment package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using command prompt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using Shell command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using MSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Configuring EEFF policies using ePO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

EEFF Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Creating a policy from Policy Catalog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Editing the EEFF policy settings from Policy Catalog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Assigning policies to a system or a system group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Assigning a policy to a managed node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Assigning a policy to a system group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Enforcing EEFF policies on a system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Enforcing EEFF policies on a system group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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How Policy Assignment Rules work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Policy assignment rule priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Working with policy assignment rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

How multi-slot policies work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Assigning multiple instances of Grant Key policy through System Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Assigning Grant key policy through policy assignment rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Viewing effective policy assigned to systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Viewing effective policy assigned to users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Managing EEFF keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Creating a regular key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Activating or deactivating keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Assigning keys to a policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Editing a key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Deleting keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Exporting keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Importing keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

How user personal keys work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Working with user personal keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Managing EEFF Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Creating EEFF custom queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing the standard EEFF queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Defining EEFF permission sets for ePO users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Creating permission sets for user accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Editing EEFF Policy Permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Editing EEFF Key Server permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Appendix A: Removable Media registry controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Relaxing the Removable Media definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Exempt local drives and network shares from encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Appendix B: Best Practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Contents

Introducing McAfee Endpoint Encryption for

Files and Folders

McAfee Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders (EEFF) offers data protection in the form of

powerful encryption technology so that only authorized users can access information.

Contents

Why EEFF?

How EEFF 4.0 works

EEFF Features

System requirements

About this guide

Why EEFF?

EEFF offers enhanced security to protect your data. EEFF depends on Microsoft Windows user

accounts and works in real-time to authenticate user to access encryption keys and to retrieve

the correct policy in EEFF. A smart card implementation based on Windows logon can be used

for enhanced security.

Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders allows you to define and protect information in a way

that only certain users can access it. This data is stored, managed, archived, and distributed

as any other file is, however, it can be viewed only by those who have been granted access.

Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders is a Persistent Encryption engine: when a file has

been encrypted and has been moved or copied to another place, it remains encrypted. If a file

is moved out of an encrypted directory, it will also remain encrypted. Likewise, if an encrypted

file is moved to a memory stick – the encryption will remain in place.

EEFF integrates with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), which provides a single point of control

over all the data on the systems. EEFF with ePO supports both user-based and system-based

policies. Assigning these policies to users encrypts the data on the client as configured.

EEFF depends on Microsoft Windows credentials therefore, both registered domain users and

local system users can be assented encryption policies and associated keys.

How EEFF 4.0 works

EEFF encrypts folders and files according to policies assigned to the user. These policies are

enforced by the ePO server.

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The client software is installed on the client system. After the installation, the system synchronizes

with the ePO server and acquires the user data. EEFF then assigns encryption policies and keys

to the user as configured.

EEFF client acts like a filter between the application creating or editing the files and the storage

media. When a file is saved, EEFF filter executes the assigned encryption policies and encrypts

the data, if applicable. If the user manages to kill the main EEFF process on the client system,

EEFF encrypts folders and files according to policies assigned to the user. These policies are

enforced by the ePO server.

The client software is installed on the client system. After the installation, the system synchronizes

with the ePO server and acquires the user data. EEFF then assigns encryption policies and keys

to the user as configured.

The EEFF client acts like a filter between the application creating or editing the files and the

storage media. When a file is saved, the EEFF filter executes the assigned encryption policies

and encrypts the data, if applicable. If the user manages to kill the main EEFF process

(MfeffCore.exe) on the client system, attempting to deviate from the assigned encryption policy,

the process will be automatically regenerated. The automatic restart cannot be disabled.

When a file that is encrypted with key A is moved to a folder where files are encrypted with

key B, the file encrypted with key A will immediately be re-encrypted with key B. This behavior

is known as

follow-target-encryption

and requires that the user or process transferring the file

has access to both key A and key B. This operation takes place instantly when the file is placed

in the folder encrypted with key B.

EEFF Features

• Centralized management — Provides support for deploying and managing McAfee Endpoint

Encryption for Files and Folders using ePO 4.5 and 4.6.

• Windows authentication based policy enforcement — Assigns encryption policies and

keys to Windows user accounts.

• Integration with the McAfee Tray icon - Consolidates the tray icons to one common

McAfee icon.

• User Personal Keys - Allow users to have individual keys, generated centrally and possible

to assign in policies for encryption.

• Protect data on Removable media — Provides support for removable media encryption.

• Migration from EEFF v3.x to EEFF v4 - Provides support for migrating keys from EEFF

v3.x to EEFF v4 by importing them into ePO.

• File Extension exclusion - Excludes the listed file types from encryption. For example,

MP3 and WAV files.

System requirements

RequirementsSystems

See McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 and 4.6 - Installation GuideePO Server Systems

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EEFF Features

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Software requirements

RequirementsSoftware (or package name)

McAfee management software • ePO 4.5 (minimum patch 4) and 4.6

• McAfee Agent for Windows 4.5 (minimum Patch 2) and 4.6

Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders • EEFF Extension

• EEFF_4.0.0_xxx.ZIP

• help_eeff_400.ZIP

• MfeEEFF_Client_4.0.0.x.ZIP

See McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 and 4.6 - Installation GuideMicrosoft “Windows Installer 3.0

Redistributable” package ( for ePO)

See McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 and 4.6 - Installation GuideMicrosoft “.NET Framework 2.0

Redistributable” package ( for ePO)

See McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 and 4.6 - Installation GuideMicrosoft MSXML 6 ( for ePO)

Operating system requirements

SoftwareSystems

See McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 and 4.6 - Installation GuideePO Server Systems

Client Systems • Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) SP 2

• Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) SP 3

• Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) SP 0 and SP 1

About this guide

This guide provides information on detailed instructions for managing the McAfee Endpoint

Encryption for Files and Folders 4.0 client.

Target audience

This guide is mainly intended for McAfee Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders users.

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Installing EEFF

This chapter describes how to install EEFF using McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator management

software version 4.5 and 4.6. To use this chapter effectively, you need to be familiar with ePO.

NOTE: This document does not provide detailed information about installing or using ePO. See

the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator product documentation for more information.

Installing EEFF using ePO

The ePO server provides a scalable platform for centralized policy management and enforcement

of EEFF on the managed nodes. It also provides comprehensive reporting and product

deployment capabilities, all through a single point of control.

Tasks

Checking in the EEFF deployment package

Installing EEFF extension

Installing the ePO help extension

Registering an LDAP Server

Deploying EEFF on managed nodes using ePO 4.5

Deploying EEFF on managed systems using ePO 4.6

Checking in the EEFF deployment package

Use this task to check in the EEFF deployment package to the master repository.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Copy the MfeEEFF_Client_4.0.0.x archive to a temporary location of your ePO computer.

2 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

3 Click Menu | Software | Master Repository, then click Actions | Check In Package.

The Check In Package wizard appears.

4 In the Package page, select the Package type as Product or Update (.ZIP) and browse

in File path to locate MfeEEFF_Client_4.0.0.x saved in a temporary folder.

5 Click Next. The Package Options page appears with the package information.

6 Click Save.

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Installing EEFF extension

Use this task to install the EEFF extension. The extension file is in .ZIP format.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Copy the EEFF_4.0.0_xxx archive to a temporary location of your ePO computer.

2 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

3 Click Menu | Software | Extensions | Install Extension. The Install Extension dialog

box appears.

4 Click Browse to locate the extension file EEFF_4.0.0_xxx, then click OK. The Install

Extension page appears with the extension name and version details.

5 Click OK.

Installing the ePO help extension

You can install the ePO help extension separately on the ePO 4.5 and 4.6 server using the

Software tab. The Help extension is a .ZIP file.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

2 Click Menu | Software | Extensions | Install Extension. The Install Extension dialog

box appears.

3 Click Browse, then select the extension file help_eeff_400.ZIP, then click OK. The

Install Extension page appears with the extension name and version details.

4 Click OK.

Registering an LDAP Server

Use this option to register an LDAP Server such as Microsoft Active Directory (AD). You must

have a registered Active Directory to use Policy Assignment Rules, to enable dynamically assigned

permission sets, and automatic user account creation.

Before you begin

Make sure you have the appropriate rights to modify server settings, permission sets, users,

and registered servers.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

2 Click Menu | Configuration | Registered Servers, then click New Server. The

Registered Server Builder wizard opens.

3 From the Server type drop-down list on the Description page, select LDAP Server, specify

a unique name (a user friendly name) and any details, then click Next. The Details page

appears.

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4 Type the Domain name or the Server name.

NOTE: Use DNS-style domain name. While using DNS-style domain name, ensure that the

system is configured with appropriate DNS setting and can resolve the DNS-style domain

name of the Active Directory. The Server name is the name or IP address of the system

where the Windows Active Directory is present.

5 Type the User name and Password.

NOTE: The User name should be of the format: domain\Username of Active Directory

accounts.

6 Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection to the server works, then click Save.

Deploying EEFF on managed nodes using ePO 4.5

Use this task to deploy EEFF on the managed nodes. ePO allows you to create tasks to deploy

product on a single node, or on groups of the system tree.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

2 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Client Tasks, select the required group in the

System Tree, then click Actions | New Task. The Client Task Builder wizard appears.

3 In the Description page, type a Name for the task, Notes (optional), select the Type as

Product Deployment, then click Next.

4 In the Configuration page, select Target Platforms as Windows, Products and

components as McAfee Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders 4.0.0.0, Action

as Install. Select an appropriate Language, then click Next.

5 Schedule the task to run immediately or as required, then click Next to view a summary

of the task.

6 Review the summary of the task, then click Save. The task is added to the list of client

tasks for the selected group and any group that inherits the task.

7 Send an agent wake-up call.

Deploying EEFF on managed systems using ePO 4.6

Use this task to deploy EEFF to groups of managed systems in the System Tree.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Click Menu | Policy | Client Task Catalog , select McAfee Agent | Product

Deployment as Client Task Types, then click Actions | New Task . The New Task dialog

box appears.

2 Ensure that Product Deployment is selected, then click OK.

3 Type a name for the task you are creating and add any notes.

4 Select Target Platforms as Windows, Products and components as McAfee Endpoint

Encryption for Files and Folders 4.0.0.0, Action as Install. Select an appropriate

Language

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5 Next to Options, select if you want to run this task for every policy enforcement process

(Windows only) and click Save.

6 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Assigned Client Tasks, then select the required

group in the System Tree.

7 Select the Preset filter as Product Deployment (McAfee Agent).

Each assigned client task per selected category appears in the details pane.

8 Click Actions | New Client Task Assignment. The Client Task Assignment Builder wizard

appears.

9 On the Select Task page, select Product as McAfee Agent and Task Type as Product

Deployment, then select the task you created for deploying product.

10 Next to Tags, select the desired option, then click Next:

• Send this task to all computers

• Send this task to only computers that have the following criteria — Use one

of the edit links to configure the criteria.

11 On the Schedule page, select whether the schedule is enabled, and specify the schedule

details, then click Next.

12 Review the summary, then click Save.

Installing EEFF

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Uninstalling EEFF

This chapter describes how to uninstall EEFF from managed nodes and ePO server.

Contents

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using ePO 4.6

Removing the EEFF extension

Removing EEFF deployment package

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using command prompt

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes

Use this task to uninstall EEFF from managed nodes.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

2 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Client Tasks, select the required group in the

System Tree, then click Actions | New Task. The Client Task Builder wizard appears.

3 In the Description page, type a Name for the task, Notes (optional), select the Type as

Product Deployment, then click Next.

4 In the Configuration page, select Target Platforms as Windows, Products and

components as McAfee Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders 4.0.0.0, Action

as Remove. Select an appropriate Language, then click Next.

5 Schedule the task to run immediately or as required, then click Next to view a summary

of the task.

6 Review the summary of the task, then click Save.

7 Send an agent wake-up call.

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using ePO

4.6

Use this task to unistall EEFF from managed systems in the System Tree.

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Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Click Menu | Policy | Client Task Catalog , select McAfee Agent | Product

Deployment as Client Task Types, then click Actions | New Task . The New Task dialog

box appears.

2 Ensure that Product Deployment is selected, then click OK.

3 Type a name for the task you are creating and add any notes.

4 Select Target Platforms as Windows, Products and components as McAfee Endpoint

Encryption for Files and Folders 4.0.0.0, Action as Remove. Select an appropriate

Language

5 Next to Options, select if you want to run this task for every policy enforcement process

(Windows only) and click Save.

6 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Assigned Client Tasks, then select the required

group in the System Tree.

7 Select the Preset filter as Product Deployment (McAfee Agent).

Each assigned client task per selected category appears in the details pane.

8 Click Actions | New Client Task Assignment. The Client Task Assignment Builder wizard

appears.

9 On the Select Task page, select Product as McAfee Agent and Task Type as Product

Deployment, then select the task you created for uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes.

10 Next to Tags, select the desired option, then click Next:

• Send this task to all computers

• Send this task to only computers that have the following criteria — Use one

of the edit links to configure the criteria.

11 On the Schedule page, select whether the schedule is enabled, and specify the schedule

details, then click Next.

12 Review the summary, then click Save.

Removing the EEFF extension

Use this task to remove the EEFF extension from the ePO server.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

2 Click Menu | Software | Extensions. The Extension page appears with the extension

name and version details.

3 Select the Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders extension file, then click Remove.

The Remove extension confirmation page appears.

4 Select Force removal, bypassing any checks or errors to force product extension

removal, then click OK.

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Removing EEFF deployment package

Use this task to remove the EEFF deployment package from the ePO.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Log on to the ePO server as an administrator.

2 Click Menu | Software | Master Repository. The Packages in Master Repository page

appears with the list of software packages and their details.

3 Click Delete next to EEFF package. The Delete package confirmation page appears.

4 Click OK on the Delete Package page.

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using

command prompt

Use these tasks to uninstall EEFF from managed nodes using command prompt.

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using Shell command

Use this task to uninstall EEFF from a managed node using MfeFfShell command.

Before you begin

You should have administrator rights to run this command on the managed node.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 On the command prompt navigate to the folder where EEFF was installed.

NOTE: By default, EEFF is installed in

[SYSDRIVE]:\Program Files\McAfee\Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders

2 Run the following command MfeFfShell.com-force_uninstall. You will be prompted to

restart the system after uninstallation.

Uninstalling EEFF from managed nodes using MSI

Use this task to uninstall EEFF from a managed node using MSI.

Before you begin

You should have administrator rights to run this command on the managed node.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

Uninstalling EEFF

Removing EEFF deployment package

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1 On the command prompt navigate to the folder where EEFF was installed.

NOTE: By default, EEFF is installed in

[LOCAL APPDATA]\McAfee\Common Framework\Current/EEFF____4000\Install\0000

[LOCAL APPDATA] specifies:

• C:\Document and Settings\All Users in Windows XP and Windows 2003

• C:\ProgramData in Windows Vista, Windows 2008, and Windows 7

2 Run the following commands to uninstall EEFF. You will be prompted to restart the system

after uninstallation.

msiexec /q /norestart /I eeff[XX].msi

msiexec /q /x eeff[XX].msi

[XX] — 32 for 32-bit Operating System and 64 for 64-bit Operating System

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Configuring EEFF policies using ePO

A policy is a collection of settings that you create, configure, then enforce. Policies ensure that

the managed security software products are configured and perform accordingly.

Some policy settings are the same as the settings you configure in the interface of the product

installed on the managed system. Other policy settings are the primary interface for configuring

the product or component. The ePO console allows you to configure policy settings for all

products and systems from a central location.

How policy enforcement is set

For each managed product or component, choose whether the agent enforces all or none of

its policy selections for that product or component.

From the Assigned Policies page, choose whether to enforce policies for products or components

on the selected group.

In the Policy Catalog page, you can view policy assignments, where they are applied, and if

they are enforced. You can also lock policy enforcement to prevent changes to enforcement

below the locked node.

Contents

EEFF Policies

Creating a policy from Policy Catalog

Editing the EEFF policy settings from Policy Catalog

Enforcing EEFF policies on a system

Enforcing EEFF policies on a system group

How Policy Assignment Rules work

EEFF Policies

Policy settings for EEFF are grouped by category. Each policy category refers to a specific subset

of policy settings. Policies are created and displayed by product and category.

Policy categories

DescriptionCategory

General • Explorer Integration — Specifies the context menu options available to a

user on the client system.

• Allow Explicit Encrypt — Enables the Encrypt option for client system

users. Default value is disabled.

• Allow Explicit Decrypt — Enables the Decrypt option for client system

users. Default value is disabled.

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DescriptionCategory

• Enable padlock icon visibility — Displays a padlock icon on encrypted

objects. Default value is enabled.

• Enable search encrypted – Enables Search encrypted option for client

system users. Default value is disabled.

• Allow creation of Self-Extractors – Enables users to manually create

encrypted Self-Extractors for files and folders. Self-Extractor are

password-protected executable files that can be decrypted on non-EEFF

client systems. Default value is enabled.

• Email Integration — Specifies the context menu options available to a user

on the client system.

• Enable sending of encrypted email attachments – Enables managed

node users to send encrypted email attachments, either for internal

recipients (SBA attachment) or for external recipients (Self-Extractor CAB

files). Default value is disabled.

Click Add to specify folder(s) to be encrypted.Folder Encryption

• Path — Specifies the path of the folder to be encrypted.

Specify the path of the folder by selecting from the list or typing it in the text

box.

• Key — Specifies the encryption key which will be assigned to the policy. Browse

to select the key.

Click Add to specify file extension(s) to be encrypted.File Encryption

• Process name — Specifies the process name of the application creating the

files to be encrypted.

• Extensions — Specifies the file extensions to be encrypted that are supported

by the process. Multiple file extensions can be specified using a space,

semi-colon, or colon as separators.

• Key — Specifies the encryption key which will be assigned to the policy. Browse

to select the key.

Removable Media • Encryption Method — Specifies methods used to encrypt a removable media.

• Use no removable media encryption — Does not encrypt files on

removable media. Default value is disabled.

NOTE: The context menu options on the client system will be enabled.

• Use regular encryption — Encrypts files and folders on removable media

with the specified key. Browse to select the key. Default value is disabled.

NOTE: The context menu options on the client system will be disabled if

Decrypt option is selected.

• Ignore existing content — Does not encrypt existing files on

removable media.

• Use McAfee Endpoint Encryption for Removable Media — Specifies

options to encrypt removable media.

• Protected area — Specifies the options to configure encrypted area

on a removable media

• Entire device — Encrypts the entire removable media.

• Percentage of total capacity — Encrypts a specified percentage

of the removable media. The remaining percentage of the device

can be used without authentication. Default value is 50%.

• Percentage of free space — Encrypts a specified percentage of

the free space on the removable media. Default value is 100%.

• Recovery Methods — Specifies methods used to recover the EERM

encrypted removable media.

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DescriptionCategory

Use recovery key — Specifies the Regular or User Personal key

that can be used to recover the encrypted removable media.

•

• Allow recovery password — Enables user to specify a password

during initialization that can be used to recover the encrypted

removable media.

• Allows user questions — Enables user to specify five questions

during initialization that can be used to recover the encrypted

removable media. To recover the device, user must answer at least

four questions correctly.

• Allow user certification — Enables user to attach a Windows

certificate during initialization that can be used to recover the

encrypted removable media.

• Options — Specifies general encryption options for the removable

media

• Exclude devices larger than — Disables encryption of devices

whose size is larger than the specified value. Default value is 8192

MB.

• Make unprotected files and folders read-only (when used

with EEFF) — Does not allow user to modify unprotected files and

folders on the device when used on a system with EEFF client.

• Floppy Disk Drives — Specifies encryption options for floppy disk drives.

• Make floppy disk drives Read-Only — Does not allow user to modify

files and folders on floppy disk drives.

• Exempt device IDs — Does not update the specified devices with the

changes in encryption policies.

• Add — Adds the ID of the device that will not be updated with the

changes in encryption policies.

• Remove — Removes device ID from exemption list.

• Edit — Edits the ID of the device that will not be updated with the

changes in encryption policies.

CD/DVD Encryption • None Selected — Does not encrypt while burning files and folders to a CD or

DVD. User can encrypt or decrypt files or folders using the context menu on

the client system, if required.

• Enforce encryption on CD/DVD write operations — Encrypts files and

folders while burning it to a CD or DVD with the selected key. If Decrypt key

is selected, Encrypt and Decrypt options in the context menu is disabled on

the client system.

• Do not allow writing to CDs and DVDs (make CD/DVD read-only) —

Does not allow user to write any files or folders on CD or DVD.

Encryption Options • Encryption Options

• Preserve file times — Does not change the file modified and accessed

time on encryption or decryption.

• Require authentication for listing of encrypted folders — Blocks

unauthorized users from browsing encrypted folders.

If the key used to encrypt a folder is not assigned to the user, then the

user cannot view the content of that folder if EEFF is installed. If the key

is assigned to the user, then the user can view the content of folders

encrypted with that key.

• Use wiping when encrypting and deleting files — Uses a secure delete

algorithm when encrypting files to ensure that no trace of the plaintext

data remains on the client system.

NOTE: File wiping may slow down encrypted file operations due to the

additional disk operations required.

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EEFF Policies

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DescriptionCategory

• Enable limiting of the file size that will be encrypted — Encrypts

only if the file size is less than the specified limit. Default value is 20 MB.

NOTE: This is applicable only if the folder is encrypted using Folder

Encryption policy.

• I/O Utilization

• Maximum I/O utilization — Specifies the percentage of I/O usage EEFF

processes can utilize during encryption.

• Blocked Processes — Blocks the specified processes from opening or editing

encrypted files. EEFF blocks a process by withholding the keys required to

decrypt the files.

• Add — Adds the process using which the user can not open or edit

encrypted files.

• Remove — Removes the process using which the user can not open or

edit encrypted files.

• Edit — Edits the process using which the user can not open or edit

encrypted files.

• Key Request Exclusion — Enables the process such as anti-virus to exclude

encrypted files if it does not have access to the required encryption key.

NOTE: All the keys assigned to the user through policy are unloaded every time

the user logs off.

• Add — Adds the process that will be excluded.

• Remove — Removes the process from exclusion list.

• Edit — Edits the process that will be excluded.

• File Extension Exclusion — Excludes the specified file extension from

encryption.

• Add — Adds the file extension that will be excluded.

• Remove — Removes file extension from exclusion list.

• Edit — Edits file extension that will be excluded.

Grant Keys

(Multi-slot policy)

• Available Keys — Lists all the active keys, which includes regular, and user

personal keys.

• Selected Keys — Specifies the keys which the policy grants when assigned

to users.

Network • Enable network encryption — Enables encryption of files on network

locations.

• Enable network bandwidth limit — Limits the network bandwidth used by

EEFF when encrypting files on network locations. Default value is 50 KB/sec.

• Disable encryption on slow connections — Does not encrypt files on

network locations if the network latency is above the specified limit. Default

value is 500 milliseconds.

NOTE: This option is applicable only if the file is being encrypted through policy

enforcement.

• Maximum clients allowed to encrypt folders — Specifies the maximum

number of users who can simultaneously encrypt folders on a network.

NOTE: This option is applicable only if the file is being encrypted through policy

enforcement.

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EEFF Policies

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DescriptionCategory

Allow user local keys — Allows users to create local keys on a client system using

EEFF client. These user local keys can be shared among users using the Export

and Import options in EEFF client.

User Local Keys Options

• Recovery Key — Specifies a Regular or a User Personal Key which can be

used to recover user local keys.

• Allow user local key generation — Allows users to create local keys on a

client system using EEFF client.

• Allow export of user local keys — Allows users to export local keys from a

client system using EEFF client.

• Allow import of user local keys — Allows users to import local keys to a

client system using EEFF client.

• Allow deletion of user local keys — Allows users to delete local keys from

a client system using EEFF client.

• Automatically create a user local key — Creates a default user local key

when a new user logs on to the client system.

Creating a policy from Policy Catalog

Use this task to create a new policy from the Policy Catalog. By default, policies created using

Policy Catalog are not assigned to any groups or systems. When you create a policy, you are

adding a custom policy to the Policy Catalog.

You can create policies before or after the EEFF software is deployed.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Click Menu | Policy | Policy Catalog, then select the Product as Endpoint Encryption

for Files and Folders 4.0.0.0 and a policy Category from the drop-down lists. All created

policies for the selected category appear in the details pane.

2 Click Actions | New Policy. The Create New Policy dialog box appears.

3 Select the policy you want to duplicate from the Create a policy based on this existing

policy drop-down list.

4 Type a name for the new policy and click OK. The Policy Settings wizard opens.

5 Edit the policy settings on each tab as needed.

6 Click Save.

Editing the EEFF policy settings from Policy Catalog

Use this task to modify the EEFF policy settings. Your user account must have appropriate

permissions to edit EEFF policy settings.

Task

For option definitions, click ? in the interface.

1 Click Menu | Policy | Policy Catalog, then select Endpoint Encryption for Files and

Folders from the Product drop-down list.

Configuring EEFF policies using ePO

Creating a policy from Policy Catalog

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