Using Encrypting File System (EFS) with Network Attached Storage (

[Guest]

I have enabled EFS on my Windows XP Prof SP2 computer and have successfully
encrypted files on my hard drive.

However, I also have an NAS drive (Buffalo Linkstation) on my network and I
want to be able to encrypt the files there, too. The NAS drive is attached
directly to my router, there is no Windows Server.

There is no option "Encrypt" for folders on the NAS drive. Is this a
limitation of Windows EFS or can I somehow activate EFS for a network drive.

Mark

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Is it formatted as NTFS?

This KB article may help
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308989

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[Rock]

I have enabled EFS on my Windows XP Prof SP2 computer and have successfully
encrypted files on my hard drive.

However, I also have an NAS drive (Buffalo Linkstation) on my network and
I
want to be able to encrypt the files there, too. The NAS drive is
attached
directly to my router, there is no Windows Server.

There is no option "Encrypt" for folders on the NAS drive. Is this a
limitation of Windows EFS or can I somehow activate EFS for a network
drive.

Hopefully you've followed all the precautions, backed up the recovery
certificate and designated a recovery agent.

 

[John Wunderlich]

I have enabled EFS on my Windows XP Prof SP2 computer and have
successfully encrypted files on my hard drive.

However, I also have an NAS drive (Buffalo Linkstation) on my
network and I want to be able to encrypt the files there, too.
The NAS drive is attached directly to my router, there is no
Windows Server.

There is no option "Encrypt" for folders on the NAS drive. Is this
a limitation of Windows EFS or can I somehow activate EFS for a
network drive.

Mark

You may want to consider using a product like Truecrypt (freeware) to
manage your encrypted storage. It has the advantage that it may be
accessed by more than one computer, works on non-NTFS file systems, and
doesn't depend on a backed-up certificate should your machine crash
(you did backup your certificate, didn't you?).

<http://www.truecrypt.org>

HTH,
John