I've used 7zip and the 256 AES encryption in the past with customers that aren't willing to be reasonable. The down side is that windows itself doesn't recognize the encryption type so you need 7zip or winzip to open them. You could also use the ZipCrypto encryption which windows will recognize but I'm fairly certain it doesn't really gain you any real protection.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Bert Van Kets <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I got a pretty interesting question from my brother yesterday. He's a > medical doctor in the UK and he needs to send reports to other doctors > by e-mail regularly. The reports are in MS Word format. These doctors > are in different locations and not connected to a common organization > (hospital or company). > At the moment he uses the MSWord password protection to try to keep the > sensitive data away from prying eyes. We all know how secure that method > is (not!). > I told hem he'd better use some other system that guarantees a bit more > protection but the problem is he can not ask of the people who receive > the reports to install extra software (like PGP or GPG encryption). The > security may not get in the way of the usability. Asking the receivers > to install extra software and configuring it is not an option. These are > not IT guys and don't even know how to spell GPG, let alone install it. > Passing a password over by telephone is the maximum these guys are > willing to go. 8-O > > Do you guys have some ideas on what could be a better solution for this > "three legged stool" problem? > > Thanks. > > Bert > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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