On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:51:54 +0000 (UTC), Ian Wilson
<scobloke2@infotop.co.uk> wrote:

>Scott McMillan wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:14:04 GMT, Joseph Dionne <jdionne@hotmail.com>
>
><snip>
>
>>>>>>>Is there anny way I can create password protected compresses files (using
>>>>>>>tar cpio or aanything else) on a SCO unix server.
>>>>>>>The files should be extracted on a windows system using a tool like winzip
>>>>>>>or winrar, than I need to supply a password to extract the files.
>
><snip>
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>> I was going to suggest gzip as well, but was
>> surprised to find no mention of a password in the man pages. Perhaps
>> I missed it.
>
>Perhaps the "| crypt", "| des" or "| gpg" options are more in keeping
>with the Unix toolbox philosophy?
>
>;-)

Oh, absolutely. I was guessing(tm) gzip would have an internal
encryption scheme for compatibility with the Windoze compression
packages.

I don't know if WinRAR, Winzip, etc. could decipher a file created
with crypt, des, etc., maybe its time I tried it.


Scott McMillan