ENCRYPTING FILE SYSTEM

[Dave Boomhauer]

When I used XP Pro (less than 3 weeks ago) on my PC I had at some point
followed a Microsoft article on Technet to create a registry key that
changed the default DES encryption for EFS to the stronger 3DES.....

Is 3DES enabled by default in Vista? - If not can I safely use my registry
key in Vista (ie are the registry entries the same?

This is the key....

REGEDIT4

;; -----------------------------------------------------
;; Registry setting for enabling 3DES encryption
;; for EFS only (not system wide) under
;; Windows XP Professional
;;
;; (Created by Dave Boomhauer)
;;
;; -----------------------------------------------------


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EFS]
"AlgorithmID"=dword:00416603

 

[Guest]

AES_256 is the default algorithm for EFS in Vista and in WinXP SP1-and up.
AES is stronger and more secure than 3DES. You can enable the 3DES registry
key in Vista, but you will be enabling a weaker algorithm.

Here's more info on that:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329741
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375545.aspx

Thanks.
Pat