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Posted by Fred on April 8, 2006, 1:44 pm
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Thanks to everyone for the info on PGP. I'm really only interested in
hitting one button to encrypt files on my hard drive with certain extensions
that I can pick (e.g., DOC, XLS, etc.) on my computer easily -- like
clicking one button.
What I'm looking for is a program under $50 that I can...
1 - Install (Windows 98SE.)
2 - Select which drives, folders or files to encrypt.
3 - Hit one button.
That's all -- I'm not interested in encrypting email, etc.
Here's a simple menu system that I can visualize....
Select the drives where files to be encrypted are location.
• c
• d
• e
• f
Select the file extension types to be encrypted:
• DOC
• XLS
• All data files
• Other. Enter extensions: __________
Encryption procedure:
• Encrypt all automatically
• Allow me to select each file
Automatically delete original file:
• Yes
• No
Can anyone suggest such a program? PGP may be fine, but I'm not really
interested in becoming one with a program - just using it from time to time.
Thanks.
Fred
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Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on April 8, 2006, 2:47 pm
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Fred wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for the info on PGP. I'm really only interested in
> hitting one button to encrypt files on my hard drive with certain extensions
> that I can pick (e.g., DOC, XLS, etc.) on my computer easily -- like
> clicking one button.
What's your problem about simply batch-scripting GnuPG?
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Posted by cypher on April 8, 2006, 3:40 pm
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> Thanks to everyone for the info on PGP. I'm really only
> interested in hitting one button to encrypt files on my hard
> drive with certain extensions that I can pick (e.g., DOC, XLS,
> etc.) on my computer easily -- like clicking one button.
AFAIK there is no such program. You can try Axcrypt:
http://axcrypt.axantum.com/
"Features
The following are features that really set it apart from all other
file encryption tools, commercial as well as free:
* Double-click to edit/view with any application.
* Automatic re-encryption after modification.
* Absolutely no user configuration necessary or possible
before use. * Open source under GNU General Public License.
* 7 languages in one executable distribution.
* Extensive command-line interface for scripting and
programming.
Other features include:
* Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP compatible.
* AES encryption with 128-bit keys.
* Edit an encrypted document directly with double-click.
* Optional pass phrase cache - type pass phrases once per
logon and/or reboot. * Automatic pass phrase validation before
decryption or editing. * Key-File generation and support.
* No options or user interface - easy to install and use.
* Relatively light-weight, less than 1Mb download
* Extensive command-line interface.
* Server mode options.
* Huge file support > 4GB (on Windows NT/2K/XP).
* Dynamic brute force counter measure - iterative key
wrapping. * Integrates well with web based file sharing
services. * Selective compression before encryption - faster
downloads/uploads. * Retains original file name and
information of an encrypted file. * Integrated shredder.
* Shredding of all temporary and encrypted plaintext files.
* Secure memory handling - no keys or data in the paging file.
* Industry standard algorithms.
* Data integrity verification - no undetected modification.
* Unique data encryption keys used for every file and
(re-)encryption. * Polyglot - currently speaks English,
German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian and Swedish. *
Easy to add more languages - contact me (I'm especially
looking for Nordic languages)! * Open source - no backdoors.
* Private branding support for commercial or corporate
versions. * It's FREE! "
IMHO TrueCrypt is better for this, just drop everything in a
single container.
Regards,
cypher
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Version: PGP 8.1
iQA/AwUBRDgR2CPnLg7nPH4AEQLdPACdEokyGsze0MULxH1dStxgpefx0osAoOq9
DDZqSUJTis3ZyzLVnKxfWgP0
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Posted by Markus Jansson on April 9, 2006, 1:48 am
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> 1 - Install (Windows 98SE.)
> 2 - Select which drives, folders or files to encrypt.
> 3 - Hit one button.
Also, you need to WIPE the plaintext versions off the hdd. Otherwise
encrypting files is useless, since deleted plaintext versions can be
recovered very easily.
--
My computer security & privacy related homepage
http://www.markusjansson.net
Use HushTools or GnuPG/PGP to encrypt any email
before sending it to me to protect our privacy.
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Posted by Simon H. Garlick on April 9, 2006, 5:16 am
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> Can anyone suggest such a program? PGP may be fine, but I'm not really
> interested in becoming one with a program - just using it from time to time.
I'd just use a recent version of Winzip, one that supports AES. Create
encrypted archives, bingo.
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