RE: Folder Encryption

From: Kurt Levitan (k.levitan_at_verizon.net)
Date: 03/04/05

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    Local folders. I'm not worried about them unencrypting. Its just a
    requirement from a customer for a project we are working on for them.

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    From: Miroslaw Slawek Chorazy [mailto:mchorazy@depaul.edu]
    Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 3:36 PM
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    Subject: Re: Folder Encryption

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    >Is there a way to use a Group Policy to force folder encryption for a
    >>specific folder on a group of PCs (XP) ?

    A local or network folder?

    If local then there i am not aware of simple setting for this but you
    could write a script which is a machine startup script and enforces the
    local directory encryption. You could make that script execute on
    specific computers which are filtered via either: WMI, OU or Security
    Group during computer startup.
    But if your users are local admins then i think they can un-encrypt.
    Anything below local Admin does not allow them to overwite.

    If network folder than make that folder part of your Offline files
    hierarchy and there is a GPO setting to force encryption.
    Again, if they are local admins then they can overwrite.
     
    slawek

    >>> <KL_SecurityFocus@spamex.com> 3/4/2005 10:00 >>>
    Is there a way to use a Group Policy to force folder encryption for a
    specific folder on a group of PCs (XP) ?
      - Kurt

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