Re: A Few Q's About WinXP Encrypted File System

From: P.T. (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 08/12/05 

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:54:56 -0400

Interestesting read, Malke... Though some things Im still not quite sure
about - the guide shows how to enabled 3DES via mmc, but how do we enable
AES for the EFS system? Also, my original question is not fully answered.
Given the fact that every new encryption event triggers a new encryption
key, if I encrypt my files in multiple sessions, will my Certificate be
appended on after every session, or will there be multiple certificates for
each session?

"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
news:eKY6VOvnFHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> P.T. wrote:
>
>> I was wondering, in WinXP Pro, if I encrypted a folder on my NTFS
>> drive and then exported my key and deleted the original. I cannot
>> access it anymore. However if I import the key again, I will be able
>> to access it again. My question is however, is what happens after I
>> make newer encryptions on other folders after that? Does the
>> certificate I imported previously in the previous encryption get
>> appended with the newer encryption key, or will there be in the two
>> certificates for my two different times of encryption.... or is there
>> only one certificate?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6l6xx - MS information about EFS (Encryption)
> http://www.elcomsoft.com/aefsdr.html - Encrypted files retrieval
> application
>
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/encrypt.htm - encryption info
> http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/ - more encryption
> info
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/private.htm - making stuff private
>
> Malke
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