Recent content by FlyGuy70

Thanks STaSh, that was awesome. That was exactly the sort of explanation I was looking for (as a matter of fact I had no idea how EFS worked, so your explanation was very helpful). So as long as the efsinfo program hasn't been tampered with to hide references to certain hidden public keys...

STaSh: You said, "If you do not have the password and the private key of the user that encrypted the file, or the private key of a recovery agent whose public key is also encrypting the FEK, game over." I'm not an expert on these security acronyms (EFS, FEL, AES) so can you explain how you...

STaSh, can you explain why it is impossible? I'm not familiar with the exact encryption method MS uses for EFS, but from what you're saying it sounds like it doesn't use any public key / private key system (since if it did MS could include a public key in the encryption for which only they...

Anyone know if Microsoft maintains a backup private key for EFS? If so, you could just take the raw encrypted file, send it to Microsoft, and ask them to decrypt it for you. I'm sure there would be a fee. Of course, if MS has a private key, that means they probably let the government use it...