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How can I identify / discover files hidden with ADS?
ADS, or alternate data streams, were added in to Windows in 1993 (First Windows NT version) as a feature of the new NTFS file system to help support some features of the Mac OS at the time. I like to ...
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Can File Sharing being Controlled by Mac Address? [closed]
I am currently setting up secure environment between 2 pc in isolated network.
Just wondering can we do file sharing based on that pc mac address instead of username?
The environment is OEM Windows ...
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Are file permissions set in Unix/Linux effective in Windows or Any other OS?
Consider some files and folder in Unix/Linux OS which are configured for only read access by root, if the hard drive stolen, and used in Windows Environment, are these permissions are still effective?
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Best way to secure file removals in Windows remotely
I have Windows 2008 R2 box on colocation. I want to remove certain files with a high degree guarantee it cannot be recovered from physical HDD access.
Could someone please explain what levels of ...
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How effective is something like Deep Freeze against boot sector infections?
I work for an embedded system manufacturer and on our older generation systems, which are powered by Windows Embedded, a number of customers have been experiencing virus infections. Due to the real ...
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How secure is NTFS encryption?
How secure is the data in a encrypted NTFS folder on Windows (XP, 7)?
(The encryption option under file|folder -> properties -> advanced -> encrypt.)
If the user uses a decent password, can this ...
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Which Domain Administrator created file X on a Windows 2008 R2-based server?
Someone created a file (web.config) in a location that basically caused IIS to not work. Is there any way I can determine who created this file?
The creator/owner says "Domain Administrators".
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Windows mandatory access control: How to remove “mandatory level” label from the file?
1) How to remove "mandatory level" label from the file?
I have two files, for first icalcs return
Mandatory Label\Medium Mandatory Level:(NW)
for second icalcs doesn't return anything (that means ...
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Prevent acccess to the C drive on Windows systems
Is it possible to prevent regular users from accessing the C drive via Windows Explorer? they should be allowed to execute certain programs. This is to ensure that employees cannot steal or copy out ...
