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Does anyone know if EFS in vista will be using AES or if it will be staying with 3DES

I believe it will have AES 256 but don't quote me on that.
"BAL" wrote in message

Does anyone know if EFS in vista will be using AES or if it will be staying with 3DES

I'm with Peter M. On that one. I was going to reply "Yes" to AES from memory. But then couldn't find anything to back it up. But it seems I do recall reading somewhere that EFS uses AES, up to 256-bit. Which I do believe is what's required for Secret and Top Secret in mandatory access control settings.

"BAL" wrote in message

Does anyone know if EFS in vista will be using AES or if it will be staying with 3DES

Duh, I didn't think to look in the most obvious place. Search Vista's Help and Support for AES.
If you go into User Accounts there's a link in the left column for managing encryption certificates.
"BAL" wrote in message

Does anyone know if EFS in vista will be using AES or if it will be staying with 3DES

Cipher.exe on Vista has been expanded to display the algorithm information for encrypted files. Bring up a command prompt and run "cipher /c <filename>."
Thanks. Pat -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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Does anyone know if EFS in vista will be using AES or if it will be staying with 3DES