Laptop Encryption

From: sightblinder@ntlworld.com
Date: 07/26/02 

From: <sightblinder@ntlworld.com>
To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:14:10 +0000

Well it depends on how secure you want to be. If its just a case of securing it against opportunists then W2K and XP both provide an encrypted file system natively. Check EFS / NTFS on the MS website. IIRC its accessed via the file or directory properties for the items you want to encrypt.

I have idea as to how strong the encryption is, but if you're only worried about opportunist access or the laptop being stolen by a regular thief as opposed to someone specifically after your company info then it should do the job.

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