On Wed November 2 2011, Joe Flowers wrote: > PGP? > Password protected PDF?
Mike > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Joe Flowers <joe.flow...@nofreewill.com>wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I would like recommendations and suggestions for encrypting a document on > > a distributed CD. I would like someone to be able to open and read the > > document only if they have a "password" or secret string or other(?). > > I understand there is a limit to how secure this really is, but I would > > like it to be reasonably secure for what it is, and that's why I'm asking > > the question here. > > > > Down the same lines, I'm wondering if something like AES-256 should be > > used with several "rounds" (encrypting the encrypted data N times) to help > > prevent (slow down) an exhaustive attack? > > > > How is something like this usually done? Any suggestions/recommendations > > inside or outside the box? > > > > It would also be nice if a common, widely available unencrypting tool > > could be easily used to unencrypt the document if the secret string is > > known. > > > > Thanks! > > > > joe.flow...@nofreewill.com > > > > ------- > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
