I'm planning to remove our enterprise root CA. It's the only CA we
have and I've covered every concern except EFS. I need to know if
users' encrypted files will be accessible after removing the CA and I
can't seem to find an answer anywhere. Alternately, if I were to
disable EFS through a GPO, would encrypted files still be accessible?
The end result I'm looking to acheive is removal of the CA without
loss of data due to EFS breaking. EFS will remain disabled after the
CA is removed, but may be enabled in future once it has been planned
properly, which wasn't done when this network was originally
installed.
Re: Encrypting File System - EFS in Win XP ... > does support file sharing between multiple users on a single file. ... > This diverse from Windows XP because EFS states that the users who will be ... You do not have EFS encrpytion on a folder.... >> Authorizing Multi-User Access to Encrypted Files... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
Re: EFS Certificate Needed ... a backup and restore of an EFS... not load some of them because the encrypted files were still present. ... Foe sure I will follow "Windows Recommendations".... that recovery agent will only have ... (microsoft.public.security)
News reader software failure. The EFS question in a nutshell. ... The EFS question: In numerous places, readers are told that they can recover... What then is the minimum required to recover encrypted files?... EFS keeps your private key in cache until you log off. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
Re: opening an encrypted files ... >that drive I create encrypted files (using XP Pro's built-in EFS).... I want to be able to access those files when I plug that USB... link in the world - a solid password that hardly any home user bothers... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: EFS + unbootable HDD help ... ...EFS would not be secure. ... You will still need access to the ORIGINAL keys.... I did make weekly backups and thus have the encrypted files... Using Stellar's recovery tool I was able to recover ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
