On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Robert L Cochran <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to send files securely from my Fedora 11 (Preview) or Fedora 10 > systems to a Microsoft Windows (Home Edition) user who quickly gets lost if > asked to do anything complex. By "securely" sending files, I mean I wish to > attach files to an email and then send them over the wire either encrypted > or password protected such that there is little possibility of anyone but > the intended recipient being able to see the files in clear. > > I would also like the user to be able to send files back to me which are > similarly secured. > > The user likes Windows Live Mail. I do not think the user capable of > managing public keys or of understanding how to decrypt public-key based > files unless it can be done with one or two mouse clicks. I could do the > initial setup and testing myself. Everything has to be geared to allowing a > quite basic user to view the cleartext quickly and very simply, without > others on the Internet being able to crack it. > > I've thought of sending password-protected zip files using the Fedora zip > utility. Perhaps these are compatible with the same utility in Windows XP? > > Any suggestions? > > Bob Just thinking through this, haven't actually done this... Setup TrueCrypt on both machines, I believe it support symmetric encryption, and give share a passphrase between yourself... he should be able to single click on files and have them encrypted, and then email the encrypted file to/from you. A better approach may be to setup Trunderbird on his machine with proper a proper PKI setup so that all emails to you are encrypted without him knowing. I don't think Windows Life Main supports non Exchange access however. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
