Re: Win XP encryption

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From: Big Mac (no-email-in-usenet_at_zzz.org)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:12:39 GMT

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:45:11 -0500, "Lil' Dave"
<spamyourself@virus.net> wrote:

>Encrytion of personal files is not limited to XP. Just involves the proper
>application after saving such a file for encryption. XP also offers a
>firewall, which most such users consider a joke. Then elect to install
>another firewall in the form of another application. I hope you see the
>association.
>Dave

>"CMAR" <cma6j@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:%23midxhL$DHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Win XP supposedly has encryption. But since no password is involved, and
>> since anyone who has physical access to the computer can read every
>> encrypted file, just like the user can, in what way are such files
>> encrypted?

Of course there are posts I see that say the XP firewall won't do.
However, I have also read that for a personal use computer, the XP
firewall does ok. You may not get messages all of the time informing
you of what is going on, but it is working.

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