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On 04/23/2017 05:13 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: |
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> On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 5:42 PM, <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I'm looking for a solution to encrypt and attachment to Windows users. |
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>> gpg does not support "sda" Self Decrypting Archives. |
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>> Occasionally I have to send an attachment via email and would prefer if |
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>> the file was encrypted. Asking Windows users to use PGP is almost |
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>> impossible. |
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>> Sending them txt.exe and asking the to run it will not go well. |
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>> Thelma |
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> 7zip can create AES256 encrypted archives, and the majority of Windows |
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> "power users" will have it installed already. |
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> Unfortunately if you want asymmetric encryption there is not much else |
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> besides GnuPG. Gpg4Win offers a GUI and might be more friendly. There |
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> is also the Enigmail plugin for Mozilla Thunderbird. |
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> As strange as this might sound, you should also consider telling your |
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> recipient to install Cygwin and GnuPG, as often times (at least in my |
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> experience) the main problem with using GPG on Windows is buggy |
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> wrapper layers. If it is used directly there are next to no issues. |
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> Should your recipients be at all inclined the necessary commands can |
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> be remembered easily and don't need much modification. |
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Thanks, yes p7zip worked OK. |
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7za a myfile.zip Customer_152149.pdf IMG_0125.JPG -tzip -mem=AES256 -mx9 -p123 |
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extracting: |
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7z e myfile.zip |
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Thelma |
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