Orakel Support Services can help if you have questions or if you encounter difficulties. When opened it will allways leave infomation that can be exploited. You should always open encrypted files on a personal PC.This is because SMS is usually stored 'open' on the same mobile device as the recipient's mailbox. If SMS is used to hand over the password, you should inform the receiver that the password should be deleted before, or immediately after the encrypted file is received.NB! Not everyone allows the receipt of ZIP files in e-mail. The file is now encrypted and can be sent by for example e-mail, OneDrive or Uninett Filesender. Make sure that the Encryption method is set to AES-256. Alternatively, you can add multiple files to a directory and encrypt it.Ĭhoose ZIP as the Archive format and set a secure password of 15 characters or more. Locate the file or files to encrypt and click the right mouse button on the file. Other PC: Download from Internet Encrypting Managed PC in NTNU: Install from Software Center It is free and can be downloaded directly from the Internet. The program we recommend is 7-Zip that is available on all managed PCs. Read more about securing username and passwords. It takes a very long time to break with today's machine resources if the password is secure. Note that instant messaging (chat) is not suitable for password execution since the password will be stored in the message log. If you are to distribute your file by e-mail, you must share your password in another channel, for example by SMS or by phone. No protection is obtained if the file and passwords are stored in the same location. Therefore, be careful not to lose information if the password is lost.

Once the file is encrypted, it can only be read and modified if the password is known.

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