Re: EFS

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:09:14 -0500

> - In most cases, the user's password is needed to decrypt the files even
> with the Elmsoft software. If I know a user's password, I can already
> access the encrypted files.

How can you decrypt the file without the user's private key?

Wouldn't you need to access a machine where that key was stored? 

-- 
Herb Martin

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