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I'm getting notifications to back up my encryption key for EFS in Vista, however i haven't enabled bit locker or drive encryption.
Anyone know how to find out what files may be encrypted or have an explanation for why it would notify me?
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Using the console. Open the Amazon Elastic File System console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/efs/ . Select the file system that you want to delete in the File systems page. Choose Delete.
It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on NTFS file system volumes using a public-key system. Typically, the access control to file and directory objects provided by the Windows security model is sufficient to protect unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Basically, the way it works is that when a user requests that a file or folder be encrypted, an EFS certificate is generated for the user and its private key is stored in the user's profile. The public key is stored with the files created by that user, and only that user can decrypt the file.
To find out which files on your system have been encrypted with EFS, you can simply run this command:
CIPHER.EXE /U /N
Yes it's EFS:
[Window Title] Encrypting File System
[Main Instruction] Back up your file encryption certificate and key
[Content] Creating this backup file helps you avoid permanently losing access to your encrypted files if the original certificate and key are lost or corrupted.
[Back up now (recommended)] [Back up later] [Never back up] [Cancel]
[Footer] Why should I backup the certificate and key?
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