RE: Is W2K EFS trivial to crack?

From: Frank Heyne (fh@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de)
Date: 03/18/02 

From: "Frank Heyne" <fh@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de>
To: David.Potesta@vw.com, security-basics@securityfocus.com
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:19:50 +0100

On 17 Mar 2002, at 8:32, Potesta, David wrote:

> Unless the laptop is a DC, the user account would not be on that machine so one
> would be unable to change the EFS owner's password.

1.
Not all laptops are members of a domain, and I am not aware of
Microsoft saying that EFS does only work for domain members.

2.
There might be difficulties logging on with a domain account when you
are on the road and not connected to a network (logon script does not
run, for instance).

Frank Heyne

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