Re: EFS not secure on LAN

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 07/31/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:59:32 -0500

> However, that directory is on a drive that is shared with
> other computers on my peer-to-peer LAN. Users on any
> WinNT-based machine can see the encrypted data; users on
> Win0x-based machines are restricted fromt the directory.

No. Without the key (which must be sent from YOUR
account/profile/certificate store) they cannot "see" EFS
data.

Now, if you transfer it over the net, they can sniff it but
that is just because it is an ENCRYPTED FILE system.