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Encryption File System in Win 2000

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by k4k Dec 3, 2001 last reply Jan 3, 2002

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I read from the books that Win 2000 EFS i.e. Encryption File System uses Public & private Encryption.

now what is this public & private encryption & How to do this ?

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by maximk Dec 3, 2001

To answer your question about public & private encryption, you should read some of the white papers found here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/default.asp#section5.

As for the way to to this:
Select the files or folder you want to encrypt, right mouse click and select properties. Then click on advanced and select 'Encrypt...'

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