RE: Hard Drive Encrypting

["Ng, Edward B" <edward.ng () eds com>]

Just wondering, will EFS make data recovery a problem if the PC crashes or
the partition/drive becomes corrupt? I had a to perform a recovery on a XP
machine recently, using software tools like Winternals Admin Pak and I don't
believe it had EFS enabled, but if it did ...??

Edward

EDS Australia Pty Ltd


-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Foster [mailto:AllanF () lpa state ks us]
Sent: Friday, 20 June 2003 1:35 AM
To: rogerg () cox net; mart50 () hotmail com;
security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Hard Drive Encrypting


I have found EFS to be effective only as long as the encrypted file is on a
Windows 2000/XP machine.  As soon as you copy it to a computer with a
different operating system, the file is decrypted.  

Allan Foster, CISA, CISSP
Principal IS Auditor
Legislative Post Audit
800 S.W. Jackson St, Suite 1200
Topeka, Ks 66612
(785) 296-5668  phone
(785) 296-4482 fax
allanf () lpa state ks us

> > > "Roger A. Grimes" <rogerg () cox net> 06/18/03 04:17PM >>>
Any reason why you don't use Microsoft's built-in EFS?  It has all those
features you mention.

Roger

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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Smith [mailto:mart50 () hotmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:01 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com 
Subject: Hard Drive Encrypting




      Good Day,

            I have a need to encrypt the hard drive for our laptops running
XP and 2000 pro. If it can, it needs to be as invisible to the users as
possible. Plus, it has to be linked to the user's login and password or the
users' cac.

        What tools are out there?


Thanks for your help.

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