Does W2K hold user's email, EFS etc private key securely ?

From: Phil Pinder (fp56@dial.pipex.com)
Date: 09/05/02 

From: "Phil Pinder" <fp56@dial.pipex.com>
To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:08:31 +0100

Hi all,

I'd be grateful if anyone can provide an answer to the following questions:

On Windows 2000 or .Net server, if a user/administrator creates
public/private keys for use in EFS, email encryption etc, where is the
user's private key actually stored, and how is this location protected. Is
it secure?

Is the private key held in the registry for example and how is it itself
encrypted - using the Windows password I'm guessing since you are never
prompted for a separate passphrase to protect this key.

If held on the workstation, how is it retrieved if you email from a
different workstation?

Many thanks

Phil Pinder

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