Editing Encrypting File System (section)

==Algorithms used by Windows version==
Windows EFS supports a range of symmetric encryption algorithms, depending on the version of Windows in use when the files are encrypted:
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! Operating system
! Default algorithm
! Other algorithms
|-
| Windows 2000
| [[DESX]]
| (none)
|-
| Windows XP RTM
| DESX
| [[Triple DES]]
|-
| Windows XP SP1
| [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]]
| Triple DES, DESX
|-
| Windows Server 2003
| AES
| Triple DES, DESX<ref name="technetmagazine">{{cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.05.howitworks.aspx|title=How IT Works: Encrypting File System|last=Muller|first=Randy|work=TechNet Magazine|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=2009-05-22|date=May 2006}}</ref>
|-
| Windows Vista
| AES
| Triple DES, DESX
|-
| Windows Server 2008
| AES
| Triple DES, DESX (?)
|-
| Windows 7<br />Windows Server 2008 R2
| Mixed (AES, SHA, and ECC)
| Triple DES, DESX
|}