March 25, 2022

To:         PGP Encryption Customers

From:     The Broadcom PGP Encryption Product Team

Subject:  General Availability Announcement for PGP Encryption 10.5.1

On behalf of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services.  As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce that PGP Encryption 10.5.1 is now available. 

The binaries are available at the Broadcom SED Support Portal.

Release Highlights

• Enhanced Security
  • Support for S/MIME certificates with RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm in Gateway Email Encryption and Desktop Email Encryption
  • Prevent common dictionary words for passphrases entered by administrators for Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) and end-users for Web Email Protection (WEP)
  • Ability to define restrictions for certain file types for WEP attachments to prevent dangerous files from entering the domain
  • Ability to define inactivity expiration rule to PDF Email Protection users
  • Included security updates in response to multiple CVE vulnerabilities, including critical patch updates for OpenJDK 11, PostgreSQL 10, and OpenSSL 1.0.2
• Usability Improvements
  • Enhanced bounce mail policy action for Gateway and Desktop Email Encryption
  • Support for decrypting .msg files in PGP Command Line
  • Allow display of email time stamp based on the local time zone as opposed to the server time for external WEP users
• Support for S/MIME certificates via Verified Key Directory (VKD) similar to the existing support for PGP Keys
• Support for decryption of .msg file using PGPViewer without Outlook
• Resolved multiple customer issues
• Added platform support for the following:
• • Symantec Encryption Desktop for Windows
    • Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise and Pro editions
    • Microsoft Windows 10 21H2 Enterprise and Pro editions
• • Symantec Encryption Desktop for macOS
    • macOS Monterey 12.2

• PGP Command Line
• Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise and Pro editions
• Microsoft Windows 10 21H2 Enterprise and Pro editions
• macOS Monterey 12.0.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.9 and 8.5

Release Notes

• Symantec Encryption Management Server
• Symantec Encryption Desktop
• Symantec PGP Command Line

NOTE: To view the most recent version of your product documentation, ensure that you log in to the Broadcom Tech Docs portal using your Broadcom account.

You can download your copy of PGP Encryption 10.5.1 from Broadcom Support Online https://support.broadcom.com/

For assistance downloading, see the following article:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/193931

If you have any questions or require assistance please contact Broadcom Customer Care at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see https://www.broadcom.com/support/software/contact for the local number in your country. 

Should you need any assistance, our Broadcom Services experts can help.  For any technical assistance, please log a support case with Symantec Encryption Support.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

Thank you again for your business.