How do I send a file securely?

[M Skabialka]

If my company does not have encrypted email, how can I securely send a file
to someone else? This is a .pdf file created by an application, similar to
the way tax software creates these files without owning Adobe Acrobat.
Mich

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you really can't... a password protected zip would give you some security. A
secure webserver would also work.

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[Alias]

If my company does not have encrypted email, how can I securely send a file
to someone else? This is a .pdf file created by an application, similar to
the way tax software creates these files without owning Adobe Acrobat.
Mich

Use certified mail or registered mail or, better yet, take it to them in
person. Otherwise, it can't really be totally secured.

Alias

 

[Tapio Salonsaari]

If my company does not have encrypted email, how can I securely send a file
to someone else? This is a .pdf file created by an application, similar to

Encrypt the file with GPG (or PGP if you like). That should be secure
enough, but it requires some work to make it happen. Despite the
additional setup I vote for this option.

 

[M Skabialka]

It looks as though WinZip is my best option at this time. I had forgotten
this was an option, and it allows 256-bit AES encryption. I will also look
into getting Digital IDs from thawte.com next time as suggested on other
news groups.
Thanks,
Mich

you really can't... a password protected zip would give you some security.
A secure webserver would also work.

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If my company does not have encrypted email, how can I securely send a
file to someone else? This is a .pdf file created by an application,
similar to the way tax software creates these files without owning Adobe
Acrobat.
Mich

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

If my company does not have encrypted email, how can I securely send a file
to someone else? This is a .pdf file created by an application, similar to
the way tax software creates these files without owning Adobe Acrobat.

You could encrypt it with a freeware encryption progran like gnupg.
http://www.gnupg.org/

 

[M Skabialka]

I am not sure the recipient's company would allow them to download
freeware - I'm tsicking with encrypted zip.
But thanks for the suggestion.
Mich

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am not sure the recipient's company would allow them to download freeware -
I'm tsicking with encrypted zip.

Which is highly insecure.

 

[M Skabialka]

Even though it is encrypted? I'm confused - how is that insecure?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Even though it is encrypted? I'm confused - how is that insecure?

Perhaps it's better now, but there have been reports I've read about programs
that can crack Zip encryption by brute force within a fairly short period of
time (hours to days).

 

[Dave Bolt]

WinZip Computing have re-vamped their security specifically to address
security issues, from version 9.
Take a look at http://www.winzip.com/wzdaes.htm for more details.
HTH
Dave

 

[M Skabialka]

This is good news as the file was sent out in an encrypted zip file over a
week ago!
Mich