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Re: Hard drive encryption in windows
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:46:03 +0200
On 2005-09-27 Rob Thompson wrote:
No EFS is not good. For starters it is only encrypting the data that you tell it to. What if that file that you are accessing is copied over to the Swap File? Now you have an unencrypted copy on your computer, and a false sense of security.
A valid concern. It can be mitigated to a point by configuring Windows to wipe the pagefile on shutdown, but that will only help on a clean shutdown.
Also, there are tools freely available on the internet, with just a VERY SMALL amount of looking that will break into the EFS.
Please elaborate. AFAIK that was only true for EFS in Windows 2000. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "Another option [for defragmentation] is to back up your important files, erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files." --http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668
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