Mark Clark wrote: > Wondering if anyone has used LiveCode for encrypting-decrypting large > files? ... > I’m thinking about using LC for decrypting zip compressed log files > that can be multiple gigabytes in size. I’d like to use just LC vs. > resorting to shell if possible.
What is behind the preference to roll your own rather than call existing purpose-built command-line tools from LC with shell()?
Your chunking described in your latest post seems the way to go, AFAIK pretty much how other tools would handle it.
Another option: if you're in an environment where even log files require strong encryption, could you pipe log data to a separate secured log server instead?
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