secrets lying around on the HD

Per Tunedal Casual pt at radvis.nu
Tue Apr 13 12:57:53 CEST 2004


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Hi,
I happened to notice that WinPT left some unencrypted temp-files on the HD.
Is this causes by WinPT-tray or GPG? I found a setting "don't use any
temp-files" in WinPT. Is there a similar option on GPG? What will actually
happen when you encrypt a file? A very large file?

BTW I tested the encryption in WindowsXP Pro, downloaded a "recovery tool"
and could "recover" the encrypted files in 0,3 seconds when logged in as a
different user. How? Are the keys left unencrypted on the HD?

Advanced EFS Data Recovery:

http://www.regnow.com/softsell/visitor.cgi?affiliate=17066&action=site&vendor=1170&ref=http://www.elcomsoft.com/aefsdr.html

Vänligen
Per Tunedal
Civ. ing. Civ. ek.

S:t Mickelsgatan 148
129 44 Hägersten
Telefon: 08-646 34 83

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