Re: Hard drive encryption in windows

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2005-09-27 Rob Thompson wrote:
> No EFS is not good.
>
> For starters it is only encrypting the data that you tell it to.  What
> if that file that you are accessing is copied over to the Swap File?
> Now you have an unencrypted copy on your computer, and a false sense
> of security.

A valid concern. It can be mitigated to a point by configuring Windows
to wipe the pagefile on shutdown, but that will only help on a clean
shutdown.

> Also, there are tools freely available on the internet, with just a
> VERY SMALL amount of looking that will break into the EFS.

Please elaborate. AFAIK that was only true for EFS in Windows 2000.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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