Re: EFS Private Keys Storage

From: Choi Wai Kin (choi4_at_i-cable.com)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: 28 Feb 2004 08:21:28 -0800

Thank you for your response. It helps a lot.

> If the database is going to be online all the time there's no way to keep
> the private key somewhere else. That's true of EFS or any other kind of
> encryption.

And, I have one more question.

When the private key is downloaded from the domain controller for
decryption, is the private key stored in memory only? OR Must it be
stored in the harddisk? If it must be stored in the harddisk, where
will it be stored?

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Wai.

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