Study of Encrypting File System for Windows 2000
Created: February 2, 2004
Updated: February 2, 2004
Assignment version number: Version 0.1
Author: Ping Chen
Level of Difficulty: Moderate
Completion Time: 1 week
Progaramming involved: No
Objectives
In this project, students will learn the protection with
introduction of Encrypting File System.
Description
The Encrypting File System (EFS) that is included with the Windows 2000
operating system provides the core file encryption technology to store NTFS
files encrypted on disk. EFS particularly addresses security concerns raised by
tools available on other operating systems that allow users to physically access
files from an NTFS volume without an access check. Read the document
provided by Microsoft Ltd. Explain the following:
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From a user's view, what protection can you get?
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From an administrator's view, what tasks should you
perform for such an enhancement?
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From an attacker's view, what attacks will not work any
more?
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