Re: EFS

From: David Cross [MS] (dcross_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/29/03

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    exactly. This particular utility does not provide anything novel - it still
    requires physical access to the files and the user password. 

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"Herb Martin" <news@LearnQuick.com> wrote in message
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> > - 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?
>
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