Re: EFS and file update attributes
- From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:00:53 -0500
Sounds good Sam.
Just FYI that EFS files will be backed up as EFS files and restored as EFS
files when using a backup program like NTbackup, Backup Exec, etc which is
why I recommend that users consider also having clear text backups of
important files "just in case" and of course if those are sensitive files
the media they are backed up to will need to be physically secured in an
appropriate manner. Sorry to hear about your experience with other
encryption methods.
Steve
"Sam Docker" <unclesam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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---- Steven L Umbach -----
...
Also be extremely careful when using EFS in that you are backing up your
EFS
private encryption keys to password protected .pfx files and ideally also
having clear text backups of your data so a situation does not arrive
where
you can not access your encrypted files.
Steve
Thanks for the advice. I made my key backup, but more than that, I rely
on daily backups to a server. Beyond that, all incoming and outgoing
mail is captured on the transferring server too.
I come from using disk encryption, what I rated over EFS due to the
fact, that I don't have to care for folders, etc. and that also access
to the information of valuable target files is hidden.
But after 3 crashes (= destroyed master boot records) which means that I
couldn't access my files any longer, I got very cautions. Two of these
errors are related to software writing to the MBR ( one being a scanner
driver - what a nonsense for such a program to write to the MBR !!), one
was a failure of the encryption software itself.
So I go with EFS now. Let's see how long our relationship holds :-)
Bye. Sam.
.
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