Re: Password Protecting/Hiding Files & Folders on Windows 2003 server???
- From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNoSpam@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:23:59 -0700
<shannonw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I guess my problem lies in the fact that I need a solution that is easy
to use or the people that I need the most support from (managers &
directors) wont use it and wont support it...
If they are required to encrypt every file before transferring to the
file server using a cumbersome program then they will just not do it...
It needs to be as simple as:
1. Save the file on server
2. Right click to activate encryption
And the files need to be re-accessible by a simple double click and
then a password prompt.
Microsoft EFS is the best solution I have seen but it is not activated
on AD yet and the administrator was a little hesitant to allow user
acces to this facility...
I might have a look into PGP...
Some of the programs I tried to use include:
- Folder Security Guard
- Hide Folders
- Folder Password
- SecuKEEPER
- Universal Shield
All had their advantages but none worked over a network on a file
server...
Thanks for the feedback
EFS can come close to what you outline as a need, if your environment
is correctly set up to use it in remote scenario. However, depending on
your situation the file may be unencrypted while on the wire, and in order
to meet the requirement that no one except the doc owner can access it
while on the server tight control would have to be taken over the EFS
default recovery agent (or, again depending on your environment, over
key escrow, etc.).
.
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