As it was written on Jul 30, thus Ricardo Oliva spake unto [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Ricardo: Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:29:24 -0700 Ricardo: From: Ricardo Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ricardo: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ricardo: Subject: Encrypted File Systems Ricardo: Ricardo: Hi, Ricardo: Ricardo: I am just trying to get some info on the best method available for having Ricardo: files encrypted on a system. This is a laptop that is going to be used Ricardo: outside our physical environment and I would like to make sure that info is Ricardo: not accessed in case of the laptop going missing, etc... Ricardo: Ricardo: I understand that the Windows EFS implementation had some issues on win2k, Ricardo: and that the XP implementation is slightly better. Any comments on that? Ricardo: Ricardo: Any solutions for win98? Ricardo: Ricardo: Thanks in advance. I highly recommend and use PGPdisk (v. 6.0.2i). Assuming the laptop was stolen and the account (that uses EFS) is cracked, EFS will not help you as the data is still readable. At least with PGPdisk, you must enter a password to decrypt the file which then mounts itself as a drive letter. Then again, since you asked about Win98, EFS is not a part of that OS. EFS is only availiable on NTFS 5.0 and higher (ie: Windows 2000 and higher) HTH Scott Birl http://concept.temple.edu/sysadmin/ Senior Systems Administrator Computer Services Temple University ====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====+====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
