Re: EFS

From: Miha Pihler (miha-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 07/11/04


Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:25:29 +0200

And don't forget to crate a backup of your _private_ keys and store them in
a safe place. If you lose access to your private keys (e.g. your user
profile gets corrupt) you will lose access to your files for good!

Personally I like to export private keys and burn them on a CD and store it
in a safe place (e.g. at home, when I use EFS at work...)

Mike

"Imtiaz" <imtiaz@diwan.gov.qa> wrote in message
news:2a64b01c4671e$89ad43d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> You can use the EFS feauture of Windows. Select
> properties on the folder which you want to encrypt and
> select advance from the general tab. Check the 'encrypt
> contents to secure data.'
> This way your files are encrypted and available only from
> your login.



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