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The Encrypting File System (EFS) on Microsoft Windows is a feature introduced in version 3.0 of NTFS that provides filesystem-level encryption.

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Large temp files created in Windows Server 2003 temp folder

I'm managing a Windows Server 2003. A couple of times the server has crashed with error message saying that the C: drive is full. After searching folders to free up space, I found that lot of temp files being created in C:\WINNT\Temp and some of…
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Windows EFS file sharing anomaly

Fyi, I can confirm this happening in Windows Vista (Business) and Windows 7 Professional in WORKGROUP mode (as both a client and a server). I am not totally sure if this is a Superuser question or a ServerFault question. So there's a Client PC and…
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Securely encrypt backup for postgres DB

I do not want to encrypt my postgres DB. However, I want encryption at OS level, such that if the files(such as backups or configurations) are moved to any other system, it should be unreadable or non modifiable for security reasons. I tried…
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Recover EFS encrypted files

I have a machine here that is joined to a domain. Some days ago, I did a disk image of that workstation because the HDD was begin to fail. I put the new drive in the machine and the user now complains that he cannot read some of his files. It…
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How to create a local IIS site with encrypted wwwroot using EFS on Vista

I'm preparing a laptop to take with me while travelling, so all my user data is encrypted using EFS in case someone decides to steal it. I also need to set up a couple of local sites for development with IIS. If I turn off encryption on the wwwroot…
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Unable to open/copy files on an encrypted UNC share after reboot of file server

I have 2 Windows 2012 environments. The first is a CMS that is accessing files on a the second server (file server). One of the shares that I have on the file server is marked as encrypted. When I set this up, everything works great, documents…
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Does filesystem encryption strain SSDs?

For security purposes we are required to implement full filesystem encryption on an upcoming server installation. We use the default encryption settings shipped with CentOS 7. My question: as our servers use SSD drives, should I be concerned that…
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Safe filesystem encryption using mdadm and cryptsetup in EC2

I need to safely store some encrypted information in EC2. For this purpose, I'd like to encrypt a filesystem on my EBS drives to ensure that third-parties won't be able to poke around in my data. However, I have an inherent fear of encrypting…
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EFS encrypted Office documents lose additional users after saving the file

I create a new Word document in 'Office Open XML' format (docx). I then encrypt it using EFS and add several other users to access the file. Now I open the document and edit it, after saving it, the file is still encrypted but the additional users…
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How to setup Samba4 to enable NTFS encryption?

I'm currently giving the sernet.de samba4 (rc1) appliance a shot (running inside vmware player on Windows 7). Providing a share is no problem, but the client still can't choose to encrypt files. What settings do need to be changed in the simplest…
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POP connector Exchange Server 2010

An old server with Exchange 2003 is being replaced with a new 2008 R2 server (x64) running Exchange 2010. On that 2003 machine we had a tool called EFS (Email Forwarding System) but the tool is old and doesn't have Exchange 2010 listed as a…
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Sharing EFS encrypted

I have standalone, nodomain server. EFS is used on this server for one folder. How to share the encrypted folder? Users on the server are created locally. I tried to export the owner folder certificate and import it to other users, but in this case,…
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Ensuring no EFS files remain on a Windows XP SP3 system

Lets say I have a user in my organization who has forgotten his/her Windows logon password to their office computer. As an IT manager, I can log in via the Administrator and reset that user's password. So far, so good. But if the user has used EFS…
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EFS encrypted file, impossible to delete

I have a SBS 08. A user received some files send from a mac. He unzipped it with his windows 7 locally and copied it on a network shared drive on the SBS. The files (some fonts) were already in green color and encrypted just after the unzip. So now…
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Fix a Truecrypt Volume

I've have a backup volume using truecrypt (USB Disk, entire disk (eg /dev/sdb)) accidentally added to a Windows System and then using windows that disk has been initialized. No other action has been taken on that disk. The disk no longer…
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