I have been thinking a lot about some files I have on my computer. These are personal files and are not intended to be viewed by anyone else. I wonder if there are any secure ways of zipping or raring the files up and then put a password on the archive. How secure would that be?
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Is there a good way to password protect files?
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ZIP and RAR passwords are weak I think. Winzip has a proprietary encryption mode which is strong, but I would suggest something like PGP if you're serious about keeping it private.
Bear in mind that the encryption is only as strong as the password used to protect it and the care you exercise in keeping unencrypted copies of the data _off_ your hard disk. Remember, data can be recovered even if it's overwritten several times with zeros.
ZIP and RAR passwords are weak I think. Winzip has a proprietary encryption mode which is strong, but I would suggest something like PGP if you're serious about keeping it private.
Bear in mind that the encryption is only as strong as the password used to protect it and the care you exercise in keeping unencrypted copies of the data _off_ your hard disk. Remember, data can be recovered even if it's overwritten several times with zeros.
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is there a way to PW protect files and not having to zip them? zipping is only good for compression IMO. I'm not goign to fucking zip my documents anyways. What program is there, so when I click on a file, it prompts me for a PW. Don't tell me to zip it please. Also, don't tell me to create a fcuking new guest account. Tell me only if there is a program that PW protects a file. thank you 
You might also check into http://www.securstar.com/
DriveCrypt makes an entire partition (or disk) encrypted. This is nice because you can simply enter your password when you want to use it, then "unmount" the disk when you're done.
DriveCrypt makes an entire partition (or disk) encrypted. This is nice because you can simply enter your password when you want to use it, then "unmount" the disk when you're done.