Re: password protect a folder
From: Crouchie1998 (Crouchie1998_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/20/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:47:03 -0800
Hey Milly - who are you having a go at? If me then this is my response:
My first language is British English, second is Polish and then I have the
computer languages; C/C++/C#/HTML/VB & VB.NET. Oh, and I used to be fluent in
French, but haven't used it in many years.
How many do you know?
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> I am sorry - but your post makes no sense. If English is a second language,
> I apologize for this, but you need to understand and use basic grammar. If
> you don't know the meaning of a word or what word to use, get a good
> Dictionary/Thesaurus and use it. For example "If the users cannot do
> nothing" is a double negative and confuses the rest of your point.
>
> The second paragraph of your post is just as ambiguous.
>
> As for the third paragraph, I have no clue what it is you are talking about.
>
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
> the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
> account will be deleted without reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, Crouchie1998 asked:
>
> | So, if the users cannot do nothing then the basic operating system
> | secirity surely is enough because I doubt if all the users a fully
> | blown hackers.
> |
> | Yes, there are many password crackers out there which can be found
> | searching New Order (security search engine), but all this is not
> | really helping the user
> |
> | Also, I cannot see where Outlook will come it much use to the user as
> | a security option.
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> |
> || Oh, and your program for reading .pst files? You still have to open
> || the file first, and if passworded, you must provide the password.
> || There are password crackers out there (one free and programmed by
> || Microsoft but the password cracking is an unintended consequence of
> || the program) but why go through all that trouble? Just hack the
> || d*mn box and own it - use it for what you like.
> ||
> || The bottom line here is that there are layers of security, like an
> || onion. How many you are willing to go through (and consequently try
> || to crack) is entirely up to you. Most people will find that a
> || couple of simple precautions are all that is necessary unless you
> || are truly paranoid or have such sensitive information on your
> || machine that it should never be internet facing.
> ||
> ||
> || --Â
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
> || the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
> || personal account will be deleted without reading.
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, Crouchie1998 asked:
> ||
> ||| But if all users are using the same user account then encrypting
> ||| files using the operating system isn't any good. I would suggest PGP
> |||
> ||| With using the 'pst' idea like the Outlook MVP person suggested
> ||| isn't
> ||| a good idea when you can download pst viewers like this one:
> |||
> ||| http://www.mailnavigator.com/reading_ms_outlook_pst_files.html
> |||
> ||| Makes your data very insecure, doesn't it?
> |||
> ||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> |||
> |||| If you are using NTFS on Windows XP, you can encrypt specific files
> |||| and the security is excellent, unless someone is determined to get
> |||| into that file.
> ||||
> |||| Perhaps it would be better to back up and ask what type of file are
> |||| you trying to protect? If a .pst file, there is a built-in method
> |||| to do this. If it is a document, then tell us what program created
> |||| the document as all Office programs offer password protection for
> |||| specific documents.
> ||||
> |||| If a file system folder, then you are better off asking in a group
> |||| that supports your OS.
> ||||
> ||||
> |||| --ÂÂ
> |||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||||
> |||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due
> |||| to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
> |||| personal account will be deleted without reading.
> ||||
> |||| After furious head scratching, Crouchie1998 asked:
> ||||
> ||||| On the local machine it isn't possible if someone has
> ||||| administration rights because they could bypass the security.
> ||||| Although, you can download specific programs that will do the job
> ||||| for you. How good
> ||||| they are is anyone's guess.
> |||||
> ||||| If the other users don't have admin rights then they won't be able
> ||||| to get into another users files anyway if they use Windows
> ||||| NT/2000, but
> ||||| its easy to bypass the lapse in security for Windows XP because
> ||||| Windows XP mainly uses plain text passwords
> |||||
> |||||
> ||||| "Me" wrote:
> |||||
> ||||||
> |||||| "APT" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> |||||| news:16ee01c4e592$698d2460$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> ||||||| Hi! Everyone
> |||||||
> ||||||| Is there a way to password protect a folder (not all
> ||||||| folders) so that files contained therein are only
> ||||||| accessible to authorized people?
> |||||||
> ||||||| Thanks.
> ||||||
> |||||| Depends on the OS and disk format.
> |||||| Try posting to a relevant OS news group.
>
>
>
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