Re: A folder that is both encrypted and compressed

From: Drew Cooper [MSFT] (dcoop_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:37:50 -0800

You thought right. It can't be compressed with NTFS compression and also
encrypted with EFS simultaneously. Either the compression is different
(.zip, maybe?) or the encryption is (which would mean something 3rd party
that we don't ship with Windows).

Also - if this is EFS encryption, anyone with ACL-wise access to the folder
can unmark it for encryption. The folder itself isn't encrypted, but only
"marked for encryption" meaning that any file created in it will be created
encrypted. 

-- 
Drew Cooper [MSFT]
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"Jeff Clemensen" <clemensen@pbworld.com> wrote in message
news:40ae01c3cf14$aae2ed40$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a folder on my array that is both compressed and
> encrypted.  Can I generate a new key so I can decrypt the
> folder and then possibly uncompress the same folder.  This
> puzzles me because I didn't think you were able to
> compress and encrypt a folder.  I thought it was either
> one or the other.

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