Encrypting with exported keys easily?

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Greetings,

My apologies if I have missed something. I swear I have done my
homework before posting.

I have a laptop running Windows 2000 containing very sensitive data
that is going to travel twice a week with some not-too-technical users.
I would like to make that laptop as secure as possible. This is a
non-profit so I would like to avoid spending a lot of money if I can.

The data in question in an Access database and a gig of jpegs. The
remote location is a bank with no network access.

I had intended to use EFS and store the certificates on a pendrive.
That way a person who stole the laptop would need the pendrive to see
the files. I did not realize that the users would need to import then
delete the certificate each time they access the directory. I don't
think that is practical for them.

Is there a way I can make this seamless for them? Is there a third
party product I should look into?

How would you go about securing the data on the laptop without making
life miserable for the very nice ladies fromm accounting?

Dan

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

One option might be to leave the key pair on the machine, but use syskey in
offline mode - it would be either another password protecting the keys or a
floppy needed to boot up. Unfortunately, syskey only works with floppies
and not with other media.
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"Dan Wright" <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:030620041315123053%postmaster@127.0.0.1...
> Greetings,
>
> My apologies if I have missed something. I swear I have done my
> homework before posting.
>
> I have a laptop running Windows 2000 containing very sensitive data
> that is going to travel twice a week with some not-too-technical users.
> I would like to make that laptop as secure as possible. This is a
> non-profit so I would like to avoid spending a lot of money if I can.
>
> The data in question in an Access database and a gig of jpegs. The
> remote location is a bank with no network access.
>
> I had intended to use EFS and store the certificates on a pendrive.
> That way a person who stole the laptop would need the pendrive to see
> the files. I did not realize that the users would need to import then
> delete the certificate each time they access the directory. I don't
> think that is practical for them.
>
> Is there a way I can make this seamless for them? Is there a third
> party product I should look into?
>
> How would you go about securing the data on the laptop without making
> life miserable for the very nice ladies fromm accounting?
>
> Dan