Encryption Software
I am looking for a File Encryption Software, whereby once a file has been encrypted and sent to a recipient, the recipient doesn't need to have that particular software installed in order to decrypt the file.
Is there such a software available? If anybody knows of such encryption software, please send me the link.
Is there such a software available? If anybody knows of such encryption software, please send me the link.
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Hi ben1211,
7Zip will work, as DaveHowe suggested. 7Zip is a free alternative to Winzip which will let you encrypt files and password protect them. You can download 7Zip here: http://www.7zip.com/
It all depends on your budget and application. With 7Zip you will have to provide a password to every recipient you send an encrypted email/file to...or they won't be able to open it. If that's not an issue, than use 7Zip.
However, if you want to be able to send encrypted files to a lot of different people without having to follow up with a password, you might find 7Zip cumbersome. For every email you send, you will have to keep sending the recipients passwords in a separate email or by calling them with the password. Obviously you don't want to include the password in the same email as the encrypted/password protected email/file or that defeats the purpose. : )
7Zip is free and Voltage has a 30-day free trial. Give both of them a try and see which works best for your needs.
TK
7Zip will work, as DaveHowe suggested. 7Zip is a free alternative to Winzip which will let you encrypt files and password protect them. You can download 7Zip here: http://www.7zip.com/
It all depends on your budget and application. With 7Zip you will have to provide a password to every recipient you send an encrypted email/file to...or they won't be able to open it. If that's not an issue, than use 7Zip.
However, if you want to be able to send encrypted files to a lot of different people without having to follow up with a password, you might find 7Zip cumbersome. For every email you send, you will have to keep sending the recipients passwords in a separate email or by calling them with the password. Obviously you don't want to include the password in the same email as the encrypted/password protected email/file or that defeats the purpose. : )
7Zip is free and Voltage has a 30-day free trial. Give both of them a try and see which works best for your needs.
TK
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problem with gpg/pgp is that you must have the software installed. the only real exception there is that there is a webmail provider that also supports gpg encryption (hushmail)
there is another similar alternative called s/mime - s/mime uses the same principles as gpg/pgp, but the software for it is *built into* almost every mail client that exists (there are exceptions, but not many).
second issue with gpg (and more so in s/mime) is that, in order to send to customer x, customer x must first create and send to you a public key; you then use that public key to send to them. Not that hard, but getting recipients motivated to do so is the big hurdle of public key encryption, not the software *sigh*
there is another similar alternative called s/mime - s/mime uses the same principles as gpg/pgp, but the software for it is *built into* almost every mail client that exists (there are exceptions, but not many).
second issue with gpg (and more so in s/mime) is that, in order to send to customer x, customer x must first create and send to you a public key; you then use that public key to send to them. Not that hard, but getting recipients motivated to do so is the big hurdle of public key encryption, not the software *sigh*
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Would you know of any good free software or at least something that's cheaper...much cheaper than 65 bucks!