Re: Folder Encryption

From: Dr. S. A. Vetha Manickam (avmanickam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/12/05

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To: Miroslaw Slawek Chorazy <mchorazy@depaul.edu>, focus-ms@securityfocus.com, KL_SecurityFocus@spamex.com

    If you use ADS as domain login, it is possible to enforce the EFS on the folder
    encryption on all other group of machines.

    with regards
    avm
    --- Miroslaw Slawek Chorazy <mchorazy@depaul.edu> wrote:
    > >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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