More EFS lameness

Ian Brown I.Brown at cs.ucl.ac.uk
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:57:11 +0100


> EFS supports encryption and decryption of files stored on local drives
> as well as those stored on remote file servers. In the case of remote
> servers, you can encrypt files and folders on the server but your data is
> not protected if you access a file over the network. Windows 2000
> provides network protocols such as Secure Sockets Layer/Private
> Communication Technology (SSL/PCT) to encrypt data access over the
> network. 

Why doesn't it just decrypt a remote file locally, *after* it has been
transferred over the network?