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HP ProtectTools Embedded Security
Enhanced Encrypted File System (EFS)
EFS is the file encryption service offered by Microsoft Windows 2000
and Windows XP Professional. EFS provides data privacy by offering
the following functionality:
■ Encryption of files by the user when stored on a disk
■ Quick and easy access to encrypted files
■ Automatic (and transparent) encryption of data
■ Ability for the system administrator to recover data encrypted by
another user
HP ProtectTools Embedded Security and HP ProtectTools Security
Manager enhance the EFS by providing additional protection for the
key used to encrypt and decrypt data.
For more information on EFS, refer to the operating system online
Help.
Users and Administrators
Users
Users have basic access to Embedded Security and may:
■ send and receive encrypted email
■ encrypt files and folders
■ initialize personal Basic User key
■ create, delete, or modify personal user account within the
embedded security
■ configure, create, use, and delete individual PSD
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