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 > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go > to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with > programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
