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  1. Comment - Microsoft's Private Folder App Criticized

    (Jul 12, 2006 - 2:08 AM)

    Which happens on first invocation. I stand corrected. You must have administrative privelages. I had to boot to a rescue CD to rip it out of the registry to test properly. That doesn't change my opinion as far as the capabilities of the program, but it definately shot a big'ol hole in my argument! That is a good thing for the sysadmins.

  2. Comment - Microsoft's Private Folder App Criticized

    (Jul 11, 2006 - 10:49 PM)

    So delete the files. A parent can say "Oh well!" If you are an administrator, on the other hand, make a backup copy first! When your user complains, tell her you'll give her data back unencrypted (of course that requires you to obtain the password from her).

    But, as far as that goes, why bother with the MS toy? There are free programs that do a better job. Take for instance TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/). No installation is needed (though it appears as it is required). It provides an incrediby strong encryption algorithm (tripple-pass AES-256, twofish, and Serpent which I doubt will be compromised anytime soon!). Finally, it can be hidden the easy way, no file extension.

    Bottom line, there is no way to keep these encrypted files off your computer without severely limiting the functionality of your PCs by allowing only certain executable to run, at which point somebody will eventually put the functionality in a library for use with rundll. :-)

    There is always a way around, so lets just let them have their easy way out that we, as admins, can circumvent if needs be!