Self Decrypting Archives

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Fri Jun 20 00:52:02 2003


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On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:30:44PM -0400, Gates, Scott wrote:
> At that point, I really don't care.  My job is to get them data in a timely
> fashion. If I don't get them that data, I lose my job. (That's bad.) I must
> get them that data without allowing anyone else to read it.  If someone else
> reads it*, I lose my job AND go to jail.  (THAT'S MUCH WORSE.) 
> 
> I have neither the time, nor the political pull** to FORCE the vendors
> receiving the data to use any certain encryption software.  So, if I have to
> sneak the necessary software in through an SDA, that's fine with me.  I
> neither lose my job, nor go to jail for it.  

Then it sounds like you're all set.  Make a self-exctracting zip file
that contains the encrypted data and the decryption engine and send it
out.

David
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