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M$'s EFS won't allow you to encrypt system files, but just about anything else you want to. To encrypt the clients connecting to the server you can use SSL for webpages and IPSec for other types. The SeaGate Momentus laptop drives will be fully encrypted, including system files and the page file:<br />
<a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/30/HNseagateagain_1.html" rel="ugc">http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/30/HNseagateagain_1.html</a>&nbsp;and others have that now<br />
<a href="http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/Full_Disc_Encryption.html" rel="ugc">http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/Full_Disc_Encryption.html</a>&nbsp;<br />
-rich
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M$'s EFS won't allow you to encrypt system files, but just about anything else you want to. To encrypt the clients connecting to the server you can use SSL for webpages and IPSec for other types. The SeaGate Momentus laptop drives will be fully encrypted, including system files and the page file:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/30/HNseagateagain_1.html [http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/30/HNseagateagain_1.html] and others have that now
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/Full_Disc_Encryption.html [http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/Full_Disc_Encryption.html] 
-rich

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Thanks..what if I want to use PGP for encryption, hows that work? btw, its so true...M$
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Thanks..what if I want to use PGP for encryption, hows that work? btw, its so true...M$

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How can I encrypt data directories on a hard drive but not the system files - windows server 2000/2003 - and also encrypt the clients connecting to the server? Im new to encryption.<br />
Thanks!
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How can I encrypt data directories on a hard drive but not the system files - windows server 2000/2003 - and also encrypt the clients connecting to the server? Im new to encryption.
Thanks!

Encrypt data but not system files...

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.

Security

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.

Encryption

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a protocol suite for secure Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. IPsec includes protocols for establishing mutual authentication between agents at the beginning of the session and negotiation of cryptographic keys to be used during the session. IPsec can be used in protecting data flows between a pair of hosts (host-to-host), between a pair of security gateways (network-to-network), or between a security gateway and a host (network-to-host). IPsec is an end-to-end security scheme operating in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite.