If you don't need to access the files with director, the simplest
solution I can think of would be to put them in a password protected
(self-extracting) archive (zip, rar, sit, ...). I think those are quite
secure, especially if you use a long, unusual password.

valentin

Ross Clutterbuck wrote:
> Greets to all - bit of an OT query here.
>
> A client has asked me about encrypting files that are to be
> distributed on
> CD. The files are sensitive marketing and sales information for a
> major bank
> over here and usually the info is burned to CD and mailed out to all
> the
> Management bods. There is no front-end or anything like that, just a
> collection of data files (format unknown at this point) on a disc.
>
> The client has asked if it's possible to encrypt these files to add
> some
> security to the disc. Now encryption isn't one of my stronger points
> so I've
> not really got a good idea where to start.
>
> This needs to be as simple as possible (i.e. monkeys and Management
> type
> people can use it) in regards to encrypting AND decrypting the files.
> I'm
> not too bothered about which encryption method is used or anything
> like
> that, so has anybody got any ideas or places I should look?
>
> Ideally what I'm after is a utility where you literally point it to a
> file,
> enter an encryption key and it will encrypt the file, with decryption
> being
> exactly the same procedure. Am I asking too much?
>
> TIA
>
> Ross
>
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