The Encrypting File System: How Secure is It?

The Encrypting File System (EFS) is one of the many new features of the Windows 2000 operating system. It was designed to address security holes in NTFS. Namely, tools like NTFSDOS that allow attackers to bypass NTFS permissions. Microsoft states, 'The encryption technology used is public key-based...

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Howard Wright

November 2, 2001

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