Specifications

Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders client
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This operation is very helpful before uninstalling Endpoint Encryption for Files and
Folders from a computer. As no data is decrypted when uninstalling the client, any
encrypted data must first be decrypted. To find this data, the Search encrypted…
function is the tool to use.
Create Self-Extractor
This option allows the user to create a special package of a file or folder, namely a
self-extracting package that is encrypted with a password (as specified in PKCS#5).
This package may be stored on portable media and then opened on other systems by
simply providing the password used to encrypt the file/folder. Or, it may be attached
to an e-mail (in a *.cab format) and sent to a recipient that does not have Endpoint
Encryption for Files and Folders installed. For both cases, there is a corresponding
option in the Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders context menu.
Figure37:CreateSelf‐extractorcontextmenuoption
Create Self-Extractor ({filename}.exe…)
This option creates an encrypted self-extracting file (*.exe) of whatever file or folder
is selected. Note the source file/folder will remain intact on disk, only a copy of the
file/folder is transformed into a self-extractor, irrespective of if it is encrypted or not.
Once selected, the user is asked to provide details to the self-extracting file: