I am implementing Bitlocker in our R2 environment, and have everything set up correctly on the domain controller, and I believe everything is setup correctly in the group policy.
My issue though is that the group policy settings are not showing up on the local windows 7 machine even when that machine is in the OU the GPO is applied to. Instead, the Bitlocker settings are just being displayed as "Not Configured". The strange part though is that if I enable Bitlocker on the Windows 7 machine with the local settings not in place , the recovery key still syncs with the computer name on the domain controller, so obviously something is setup correctly.
Why would the local settings not display correctly? Thank you for any assistance on the matter as I am running out of things to test. A sealed key is only "unsealed" or released when those current system values match the ones in the snapshot. BitLocker uses sealed keys to detect attacks against the integrity of the Windows operating system. With a TPM, private portions of key pairs are kept separated from the memory controlled by the operating system. Because the TPM uses its own internal firmware and logic circuits for processing instructions, it does not rely upon the operating system and is not exposed to external software vulnerabilities.
BitLocker uses the TPM to help protect the Windows operating system and user data and helps to ensure that a computer is not tampered with, even if it is left unattended, lost, or stolen. BitLocker can also be used without a TPM. This flash drive must be presented plugged in to unlock the data stored on a volume. The data is protected by encrypting the entire Windows operating system volume.
As a result, the keys cannot be accessed until the TPM has verified the state of the computer. Encrypting the entire volume protects all of the data, including the operating system itself, the Windows registry, temporary files, and the hibernation file. Because the keys needed to decrypt data remain locked by the TPM, an attacker cannot read the data just by removing the hard disk and installing it in another computer.
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Essentially, BitLocker is just a name used by Microsoft to describe an algorithm employed in Windows Vista and Windows 7 to encrypt disk volumes sector by sector. BitLocker is something else than setting security permissions on files and folders and is different from EFS Encrypted File System used for encrypting files and folders from the Security tab in Windows Explorer. Unlike other access restriction and content-encryption methods employed in Microsoft's latest operating systems, BitLocker deals with entire disk volumes.
The algorithm of Microsoft BitLocker Recovery uses low-level, sector-by-sector encryption to protect the entire partition, disk, or disk volume. Two versions of BitLocker exist. The first version, BitLocker 1.
This version of BitLocker has certain limitations on which volumes can be encrypted. Windows 7 uses Recovery 2. The second version of BitLocker is much easier to use, lifting most limitations of the first edition.
DiskInternals works around these limitations, making such access easily possible - providing that you know the original password or volume recovery key. It is for this purpose that BitLocker was created. It protects all computer data and prevents unauthorized access to it. At the same time, if you cannot access your BitLocker-encrypted disk, you need to begin recovery right away.
It is possible to get access to the disk with a BitLocker recovery password. If hardware-based encryption isn't available, BitLocker software-based encryption is used instead. This policy controls how BitLocker reacts to encrypted drives when they're used as removable data drives. This policy controls whether fixed data drives utilize Used Space Only encryption or Full encryption.
Setting this policy also causes the BitLocker Setup Wizard to skip the encryption options page so no encryption selection displays to the user. Changing the encryption type has no effect if the drive is already encrypted or if encryption is in progress. Choose Full encryption to require that the entire drive be encrypted when BitLocker is turned on. Choose Used Space Only encryption to require that only the portion of the drive that is used to store data is encrypted when BitLocker is turned on.
This policy is ignored when you are shrinking or expanding a volume and the BitLocker driver uses the current encryption method. For example, when a drive that is using Used Space Only encryption is expanded, the new free space isn't wiped as it would be for a drive that is using Full encryption.
The user could wipe the free space on a Used Space Only drive by using the following command: manage-bde -w. If the volume is shrunk, no action is taken for the new free space. For more information about the tool to manage BitLocker, see Manage-bde. This policy controls whether operating system drives utilize Full encryption or Used Space Only encryption.
Setting this policy also causes the BitLocker Setup Wizard to skip the encryption options page, so no encryption selection displays to the user. This policy is ignored when shrinking or expanding a volume, and the BitLocker driver uses the current encryption method.
For example, when a drive that is using Used Space Only encryption is expanded, the new free space isn't wiped as it would be for a drive that uses Full encryption. This policy controls whether fixed data drives utilize Full encryption or Used Space Only encryption. For example, when a drive that is using Used Space Only encryption is expanded, the new free space isn't wiped as it would be for a drive that is using Full Encryption. The Allow data recovery agent check box is used to specify whether a data recovery agent can be used with BitLocker-protected operating system drives.
For more information about adding data recovery agents, see BitLocker basic deployment. In Configure user storage of BitLocker recovery information , select whether users are allowed, required, or not allowed to generate a digit recovery password.
Select Omit recovery options from the BitLocker setup wizard to prevent users from specifying recovery options when they enable BitLocker on a drive. This means that you can't specify which recovery option to use when you enable BitLocker. Instead, BitLocker recovery options for the drive are determined by the policy setting.
Storing the key package supports recovering data from a drive that is physically corrupted. Select the Do not enable BitLocker until recovery information is stored in AD DS for operating system drives check box if you want to prevent users from enabling BitLocker unless the computer is connected to the domain and the backup of BitLocker recovery information to AD DS succeeds.
If the Do not enable BitLocker until recovery information is stored in AD DS for operating system drives check box is selected, a recovery password is automatically generated. This policy setting is used to configure recovery methods for BitLocker-protected drives on computers running Windows Server or Windows Vista. This policy is only applicable to computers running Windows Server or Windows Vista.
Two recovery options can be used to unlock BitLocker-encrypted data in the absence of the required startup key information. Users can type a digit numerical recovery password, or they can insert a USB drive that contains a bit recovery key.
Saving the recovery password to a USB drive stores the digit recovery password as a text file and the bit recovery key as a hidden file. Saving it to a folder stores the digit recovery password as a text file. Printing it sends the digit recovery password to the default printer. For example, not allowing the digit recovery password prevents users from printing or saving recovery information to a folder. The digit recovery password isn't available in FIPS-compliance mode. To prevent data loss, you must have a way to recover BitLocker encryption keys.
Otherwise, a policy error occurs. This provides an administrative method of recovering data that is encrypted by BitLocker to prevent data loss due to lack of key information. BitLocker recovery information includes the recovery password and unique identifier data. You can also include a package that contains an encryption key for a BitLocker-protected drive. This key package is secured by one or more recovery passwords, and it can help perform specialized recovery when the disk is damaged or corrupted.
This option is selected by default to help ensure that BitLocker recovery is possible. A recovery password is a digit number that unlocks access to a BitLocker-protected drive.
Key packages may help perform specialized recovery when the disk is damaged or corrupted. TPM initialization might be needed during the BitLocker setup. This policy setting doesn't prevent the user from saving the recovery password in another folder. The Allow data recovery agent check box is used to specify whether a data recovery agent can be used with BitLocker-protected fixed data drives.
In Configure user storage of BitLocker recovery information , select whether users are allowed, required, or not allowed to generate a digit recovery password or a bit recovery key. Storing the key package supports recovering data from a drive that has been physically corrupted. To recover this data, you can use the Repair-bde command-line tool.
For more information about the BitLocker repair tool, see Repair-bde. Select the Do not enable BitLocker until recovery information is stored in AD DS for fixed data drives check box if you want to prevent users from enabling BitLocker unless the computer is connected to the domain and the backup of BitLocker recovery information to AD DS succeeds.
If the Do not enable BitLocker until recovery information is stored in AD DS for fixed data drives check box is selected, a recovery password is automatically generated. The Allow data recovery agent check box is used to specify whether a data recovery agent can be used with BitLocker-protected removable data drives.
Select the Do not enable BitLocker until recovery information is stored in AD DS for removable data drives check box if you want to prevent users from enabling BitLocker unless the computer is connected to the domain and the backup of BitLocker recovery information to AD DS succeeds. This policy setting is used to configure the entire recovery message and to replace the existing URL that is displayed on the pre-boot recovery screen when the operating system drive is locked.
Enabling the Configure the pre-boot recovery message and URL policy setting allows you to customize the default recovery screen message and URL to assist customers in recovering their key. Not all characters and languages are supported in the pre-boot environment.
We strongly recommended that you verify the correct appearance of the characters that you use for the custom message and URL on the pre-boot recovery screen. Because you can alter the BCDEdit commands manually before you have set Group Policy settings, you can't return the policy setting to the default setting by selecting the Not Configured option after you have configured this policy setting. To return to the default pre-boot recovery screen leave the policy setting enabled and select the Use default message options from the Choose an option for the pre-boot recovery message drop-down list box.
This policy controls how BitLocker-enabled system volumes are handled with the Secure Boot feature. When enabled or not configured BitLocker uses Secure Boot for platform integrity if the platform is capable of Secure Boot-based integrity validation.
When disabled BitLocker uses legacy platform integrity validation, even on systems that are capable of Secure Boot-based integrity validation. Secure Boot ensures that the computer's preboot environment loads only firmware that is digitally signed by authorized software publishers.
Secure Boot also provides more flexibility for managing preboot configurations than BitLocker integrity checks prior to Windows Server and Windows 8. Disabling this policy might result in BitLocker recovery when manufacturer-specific firmware is updated. If you disable this policy, suspend BitLocker prior to applying firmware updates.
This policy setting is used to establish an identifier that is applied to all drives that are encrypted in your organization. These identifiers are stored as the identification field and the allowed identification field.
The identification field allows you to associate a unique organizational identifier to BitLocker-protected drives. This identifier is automatically added to new BitLocker-protected drives, and it can be updated on existing BitLocker-protected drives by using the Manage-bde command-line tool. An identification field is required to manage certificate-based data recovery agents on BitLocker-protected drives and for potential updates to the BitLocker To Go Reader.
BitLocker manages and updates data recovery agents only when the identification field on the drive matches the value that is configured in the identification field. In a similar manner, BitLocker updates the BitLocker To Go Reader only when the identification field on the drive matches the value that is configured for the identification field.
The allowed identification field is used in combination with the Deny write access to removable drives not protected by BitLocker policy setting to help control the use of removable drives in your organization. It's a comma-separated list of identification fields from your organization or external organizations. You can configure the identification fields on existing drives by using the Manage-bde command-line tool. When a BitLocker-protected drive is mounted on another BitLocker-enabled computer, the identification field and the allowed identification field are used to determine whether the drive is from an outside organization.
Multiple values separated by commas can be entered in the identification and allowed identification fields. The identification field can be any value up to characters. This policy setting is used to control whether the computer's memory will be overwritten the next time the computer is restarted. BitLocker secrets include key material that is used to encrypt data.
This policy setting applies only when BitLocker protection is enabled. A platform validation profile consists of a set of PCR indices that range from 0 to The default platform validation profile secures the encryption key against changes to the following:.
Changing from the default platform validation profile affects the security and manageability of your computer. This policy setting determines what values the TPM measures when it validates early boot components before unlocking a drive on a computer running Windows Vista, Windows Server , or Windows 7. BitLocker's sensitivity to platform modifications malicious or authorized is increased or decreased depending on inclusion or exclusion respectively of the PCRs. This policy setting determines what values the TPM measures when it validates early boot components before unlocking an operating system drive on a computer with native UEFI firmware configurations.
If your environments use TPM and Secure Boot for platform integrity checks, this policy is configured. When enabled Before you turn on BitLocker, you can configure the boot components that the TPM validates before it unlocks access to the BitLocker-encrypted operating system drive.
If any of these components change while BitLocker protection is in effect, the TPM doesn't release the encryption key to unlock the drive. Instead, the computer displays the BitLocker Recovery console and requires that the recovery password or the recovery key is provided to unlock the drive. When disabled or not configured BitLocker uses the default platform validation profile or the platform validation profile that is specified by the setup script.
This policy setting determines if you want platform validation data to refresh when Windows is started following a BitLocker recovery.
A platform validation data profile consists of the values in a set of Platform Configuration Register PCR indices that range from 0 to For more information about the recovery process, see the BitLocker recovery guide.
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