Microsoft KB Archive/281251

= The Certificate of the Encrypted File System Recovery Agent Is Not Checked for a Revoked Status =

PSS ID Number: 281251

Article Last Modified on 11/18/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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This article was previously published under Q281251



SUMMARY
If the certificate for an Encrypted File System (EFS) Recovery Agent is revoked, the EFS files can still be recovered with this agent.



MORE INFORMATION
The revocation of the EFS Recovery Agent certificate is not supported. When you decrypt an encrypted file, the Recovery Agent's certificate is not checked for a revoked status.

For additional information on EFS and Recovery Agents, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

230490 The Encrypted Data Recovery Policy for Encrypting File System

255742 Methods for Recovering Encrypted Data Files

Keywords: kbinfo KB281251

Technology: kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbWinAdvServSearch kbWinServ2003Ent kbWinServ2003EntSearch kbWinServ2003Search

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