RE: encrypted files to ntfs

["Nicholas Dambrosio" <ndambrosio () telserv com>]

Check out this technet article.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodt
echnol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/entserver/encrypt_to_recover_agent.asp

Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Koh Keng Leng [mailto:KOH_Keng_Leng () dsi a-star edu sg] 
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:02 PM
To: gerardmarshallvignes () hotmail com; stephen () unix za net
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: encrypted files to ntfs


ermm..by the EFS recovery agent? think u can use default administrator
on any pc to recover....provided u didn't change the default
administrator on your PC....tats for w2k though...i would suppose it
works for xp...anyone let me know if i am wrong...thanks

> > > stephen at unix dot za dot net <stephen () unix za net> 07/25/03 
> > > 07:12PM

there is a way, it was covered in my MSCE course, havent had to do it in
2 years, so for the life of me cant remember exactly how..

it involves taking ownership of files and then decrypting, sorry i cant
think off hand exactly how :/   i'll skim thru my msce book over the w/e

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Gerard Vignes wrote:

> Been There Done That
>
> My Net Admin told me "You should have backed up the key.  Without 
> that, there is nothing you can do".
>
> I was able to recover (some stuff) from older, nonencrypted backups.
>
>
> > From: "sherban carlogea" <mebus () rdslink ro>
> > To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> > Subject: encrypted files to ntfs
> > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:07:53 +0300
> >
> > i have done a big mistake ...i have encrypted in windows xp some 
> > personal files ....and i was haing some troubles with window, and 
> > reinstall it
> >
> > now, the big problem .. is their any way to recover my crypted file ?
> >
> > mebus
>
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