You are the administrator of the Windows XP Professional portable computers that are used by your company’s sales representatives. The computers are members of a Windows 2000 domain. A Windows 2000 Server computer named Server1 contains the sales data used by the sales representatives in a shared folder named
Data. When sales representatives travel, they use the Offline Files feature to access the files in the Server1Data shared folder. You want to ensure that the offline files on the portable computers are not accessible by unauthorized persons, in the event that a portable computer is lost. What should you do?
A.
Instruct the sales representatives to configure the permissions on the offline files on their portable computers to allow access for only their user accounts.
B.
On Server1, configure the permissions on all files in the Data shared folder to allow access for only the sales representatives.
C.
Use a Group Policy object (GPO) to enable the Encrypt the Offline Files cache option for the portable computers.
D.
On the portable computers, enable encryption of the %systemroot%CSC folder.
E.
Apply this setting to the folder and files in the CSC folder.
F.
On Server1, encrypt all files in the Data shared folder.
G.
Add all sales representatives to the encryption details.
Explanation:
You can use Group Policy settings to control the functioning of Offline Files. In an Active Directory environment, you can apply these settings to groups of users by applying a GPO to a site, domain, or organizational unit. The Encrypt the
Offline Files cache option determines whether offline files are encrypted in the cache on the local computer. Encrypting the offline cache enhances security on the local computer.
Incorrect Answers:
A: Encryption is more secure than NTFS file permission.
B: We must configure the higher security for the caches files, not for files on the server.
D: The CSC folder should not be modified directly. We should use a Group Policy Setting to configure encryption of Offline files instead.
Note: The Offline Files cache is a folder structure located in the %SystemRoot%CSC folder, which is hidden by default. The CSC folder, and any files and subfolders it contains, should not be modified directly; doing so can result in data loss and a complete breakdown of Offline Files functionality.
E: We must configure the higher security for the caches files, not for files on the server.
Windows XP Resource Kit, Group Policy Settings That Affect Offline Files