Encrypting the Offline Files cache
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Encrypting the Offline Files cache

 
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Helmuth Snoeijen
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:33 pm    Post subject: Encrypting the Offline Files cache Reply with quote

I've the following situation:
- Active Directory W2K3, using OU's and GPO's for controlling settings on
the clients
- Windows XP SP2 clients (laptops)
- "My Documents' is redirected to the users' homeshare and made offline
available
- The Offline Files cache encryption is enabled using a GPO setting
- EFS is enabled for users using default Domain GPO
- The domain administrator is the default data recovery agent

Question:
How can I check if the CSC (cache) directory is encrypted (automatically) on
the client?

Additional info:
- I've used the EFSINFO resource kit tool to check if the CSC is encrypted.
It says "not encrypted".
- When I display the attributes belonging to the CSC directory, there is no
"E" attribute for encrypted.
- There is no user certificate on the client, which I think should be
present.

What is going wrong here.

Thanx in advance..
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Tim Springston [MSFT]
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:56 am    Post subject: Re: Encrypting the Offline Files cache Reply with quote

The user interface in the on the client is the best way to check. The UI
has logic to decide whether the "encrypt" option is available (unencrypted)
or not an option (unsupported client or already encrypted on a supported
client configuration).

Encryption of the cached items for client side caching is done within the
cached items database, so it will not display as encrypted as other file
system objects would (like an encrypted Word doc) even if it is encrypted.

If you have a need to prove that the items are encrypted for a security
audit, please contact Microsoft Product Support Services and we can help.
You should not be charged for this incident if that is all you need.

Please repost if you have any additional questions or concerns.
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Tim Springston
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Helmuth Snoeijen" <HelmuthSnoeijen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Quote:
I've the following situation:
- Active Directory W2K3, using OU's and GPO's for controlling settings on
the clients
- Windows XP SP2 clients (laptops)
- "My Documents' is redirected to the users' homeshare and made offline
available
- The Offline Files cache encryption is enabled using a GPO setting
- EFS is enabled for users using default Domain GPO
- The domain administrator is the default data recovery agent

Question:
How can I check if the CSC (cache) directory is encrypted (automatically)
on
the client?

Additional info:
- I've used the EFSINFO resource kit tool to check if the CSC is
encrypted.
It says "not encrypted".
- When I display the attributes belonging to the CSC directory, there is
no
"E" attribute for encrypted.
- There is no user certificate on the client, which I think should be
present.

What is going wrong here.

Thanx in advance..

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