What happens if you lose the private key, and from there copy the files to a FAT or NTFS4 partition?
Do they remain encrypted? -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Crichton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 12:06 PM To: Rob Weiss Cc: 'leon'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MS EFS Question Encrypted files do *not* preserve their encryptyed status when copied or moved to fat partitions from ntfs partitions Kevin Crichton, MCSE ICL, UK Rob Weiss wrote: > Leon (and others), > > I tried to verify this in some of my MS books, but couldn't find the answer. > > > What I believe that I remember is this: Encrypted files keep their > encryption when they are copied or moved, regardless of the destination > (NTFS or FAT). > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: leon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MS EFS Question > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi everyone, > > > Quick (and perhaps easy?) question for the MS folks. > > If you have a file on an NTFS volume that is encrypted (with EFS) and > you transfer it to a fat32 partition what happens? What happens if > you copy the EFS file from one NTFS volume to another? I am going to > guess that in the 1st case it decrypts the file (not sure). I am > pretty sure that in the 2nd case it retains the encryption. Can > anyone quickly verify? I don't have a fat32 partition to test on. > In the meantime I will try out the 2nd scenario and you are welcome > to mail me off-list if you are curious (unless someone answers it on > list). > > Thanks guys (and ladies of course). > > Cheers, > > Leon > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBPD0RqtqAgf0xoaEuEQJiZwCgw7TNQs9wVbIZdxAdSZGR8J6D3IoAoNZz > SUCaNmqheFn+HZIPhSYY+Btp > =Ptbl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
