Desktop.ini file ignored by Windows Encryption...
From: Scott Lockington (SLockington_at_VICAL.COM)
Date: 11/01/04
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 12:55:15 -0800 To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
Hello All,
In working with Windows EFS (i.e. 2000 sp4 and XP sp2) Any file named
"desktop.ini" is ignored when encrypting the containing directory with EFS.
The contents of this file are not verified to be that of a valid desktop.ini
file, instead it can contain anything. Any file dropped named desktop.ini
could avoid requiring decryption at a later date. Abuses of such an exclusion
are left as an exercise for the reader.
Thank you
J. Scott Lockington
Security Administrator
slockington@vical.com
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