Re: EFS not available on XP Home

From: Walden Yapp (Reply_at_NG.pls)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:55:08 +0100

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> NTFS permissions are more than adequate for most home users.
> If features available in Pro are desired then the increased investment
> is necessary.
>
> EFS is a feature more likely to be needed in a business environment
> thus it is included in the Pro version.
>
> Some of your other comments come off more an insult to home users.
>
> You should not expect Professional features at Home prices.
>
>
> "Walden Yapp" <Reply@NG.pls> wrote in message
> news:%23q8vPVpaEHA.3764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I am really starting to dispair of Microsoft's grasp on security
>> issues. Why is the Encrypting File System not available on XP Home
>> systems. Is the logic that no home computer would ever need to store
>> sensitive information or is it the case that if you have sensitive
>> information you should buy professional even though you use it at
>> home. Surely the Pro and Home suffixes are misleading in the case. I
>> would suggest Grown User and Child User or Human and Micky Mouse, or
>> perhaps Not Very Secure and Unsecure.

NTFS permissions are not very secure. My point is that the terms Home and
Professional are misleading as encryption might be as necessary at home as
at work. Terms Full and Lite are more correct. 

-- 
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