Re: Best free encryption method?

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Date: 12/13/04 

Date: 13 Dec 2004 09:06:35 -0800

I think Mike was trying to say if you have sensitive information that
you are storing on an encrypted floppy, to make sure that you dispose
of any temporary files that are created that could hold your
information in plaintext.

Windows XP introduced EFS, Encrypted File System.. If you right click
on a folder and go to its properties, you can chose to either encrypt
or compress a folder. Then the only user that can decrypt the file is
the one whos SID encrypted it, or an encryption agent (Administrator).

Heres a tutorial.
http://www.iopus.com/guides/efs.htm

Johnny wrote:
> Luke, I don't know what Window XP EFS is.
>
> Also, do you know what Mike meant by "watch out for those temporary
> files and swap files, etc"?
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Luke MacNeil" <nospamlukemacneil@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:419ccd17$1_1@127.0.0.1...
> > Stephen Howard wrote:
> > > On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 06:40:47 -0600, "Johnny"
<barelybad@hotmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Hello,
> > >>
> > >>I need to open, edit and save a text (.txt) file on my hard drive
> > >>several times a day, and that file contains secret information.
> > >>
> > >>What's the easiest free method of encrypting it (and, of course,
> > >>decrypting it each time)?
> > >>
> > >>Thanks.
> > >>
> > >>--Johnny
> > >>http://barelybad.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > Check out Blowfish Advanced CS - it has a 'work with' feature
that
> > > automatically re-encrypts a file when it's closed.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Windows XP EFS not good enough?
> >
> >
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