encryption sharing question

[Dr. Dos]

I have encrypted several sub-directories with the windows file
encryption function on a Win XP-Pro SP2+ machine.
I want to access these files across my peer-to-peer windows network with
several Win98 machines.
The encrypted directories are specifically marked as shared, and the
files are also marked for sharing/changing. The Win98s can see but
cannot open these encrypted files.
Can encrypted files be shared between XP-Pro and Win98se machines? I do
not have a "domain."

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Not possible with Windows 98 computers ever. I also believe you can only
access EFS files on a network share on a computer that is a member of an
Active Directory domain from domain member computers. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c18621675.mspx
--- Using Encrypting File System
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c18621675.mspx#ECOAC
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320044

Use EFS to encrypt your data when you want to protect it from unauthorized
access and to prevent it from being read by other users. You can use EFS to
encrypt and decrypt files and folders that are located on NTFS volumes on a
remote server if the server is trusted for delegation in Active Directory.
To remotely encrypt and decrypt files and folders, your certificate and
private key must be stored on the server. The server uses Kerberos
delegation to access this information.

 

[User Friendly]

Not possible with Windows 98 computers ever. I also believe you can only
access EFS files on a network share on a computer that is a member of an
Active Directory domain from domain member computers. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c18621675.mspx
--- Using Encrypting File System
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c18621675.mspx#ECOAC
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320044

Use EFS to encrypt your data when you want to protect it from unauthorized
access and to prevent it from being read by other users. You can use EFS to
encrypt and decrypt files and folders that are located on NTFS volumes on a
remote server if the server is trusted for delegation in Active Directory.
To remotely encrypt and decrypt files and folders, your certificate and
private key must be stored on the server. The server uses Kerberos
delegation to access this information.

Thank you for that information.
Would you know of another encryption scheme or protocol that
works transparently across platforms in a simple
peer-to-peer setting?
Dr. DOS/User Friendly

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Sorry I don't know of anything that will work transparently as EFS that
could work with Windows 98 or in a non domain environment. You may want to
look at the capabilities of third party encryption programs such as those at
the link below. --- Steve

http://www.snapfiles.com/Shareware/security/swencrypt.html