Keys to Encryption

From: Zen Andreas (zen8069_at_zen.co.uk)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 01:15:03 +0100

Dear all,

I encrypted my personal files but seem to fail getting access to
them from another computer:

I have a folder with files that have been encrypted on my home
computer (win2k),
- I exported the keys (to *.PFX format)
- then went to my office computer (Win2K), installed the keys (by
double
clicking the file or by going to the MMC console)

This is a procedure in accordance with that described on the
Microsoft website but still after installing the keys I cannot
open the files....
I also got certificate (*.p7b files which seemingly seem to be
file recovery certificates when installed on another computer)
but similar to the above problem, this also does not grant me
access to my encrypted files.

So, now being very concerned if not gravely worried on how to
make this work (and make sure I WILL KEEP access to my file at
all time) I would appreciate if you could advice me on how I can
securely encrypt files and bring the keys to the another computer
where I then can access these encrypted file again.

Zen

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Portable hard drive through airport security?
    ... encrypt using the built-in MS system. ... How do you make sure you export all the keys? ... For example, if you're traveling between offices, simply transferring ... "With AEFSDR (Advanced EFS Data Recovery), ...
    (rec.travel.air)
  • Re: Java Security
    ... (We can pick a private algorithm but decompiling ... Never give encrypt keys on an application. ... give them by phone or letter, or use a SSL http website with the user login, ...
    (comp.lang.java.help)
  • Re: When does repeated encryption linearly affect time to attack it?
    ... key with n bytes of cipher text in time t, ... hash function with known salts S2 and S3 to create keys K' and K''. ... encrypt it with K', take that result and encrypt with K''. ... Would RC4 repeated 3 times with different ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: Encryption software?
    ... TKLM is IBMs recommended ... key manager and serves up keys to whatever hardware that requests them. ... In our environment our Java EKM serves up keys and utilizes RACF as the ... to request keys from the EKM and encrypt the data accordingly. ...
    (bit.listserv.ibm-main)
  • Re: Is encrypting twice much more secure?
    ... If you aren't doing one of the layering things, or belt-and-braces, or universal re-encryption, then don't double/multiple encrypt - it's usually not the best way to go. ... the lawyer can give his customers the keys and they can get the ... He wants the encrypted source code to be public. ... What I'd do is use two 256-bit block, 256-bit keyed ciphers chosen to be as dissimilar as possible. ...
    (sci.crypt)