Encryption in X?

mandricardmandricard
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I asked this question over at BF, and I have not yet heard an answer.



Is there encryption in OS X, finder-level or otherwise? If not, is there a good utility anyone would suggest?



Thanks,



Mandricard

Appleoutsider

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    All I know is that the folks at the IconFactory have created <a href="http://design.iconfactory.com/pages/OSX/pgp.html"; target="_blank">OS X icons</a> for PGP Desktop. Whether this is available now and where to get this I cannot say.



    PS:



    <a href="http://www.securemac.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.securemac.com/</a>;







    [ 11-12-2001: Message edited by: BuonRotto ]</p>
  • Reply 2 of 8
    mojo the monkeymojo the monkey Posts: 36member
    You can use Disk Copy to create a disk image, then encrypt the disk image.



    It uses AES-128 encryption (whatever that is) and is integrated with the Keychain.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    neutrino23neutrino23 Posts: 1,562member
    You could also run Stuffit Deluxe (if you have it) and select encryption as an option when compressing a file. Note, if you encrypt and compress a folder you can still see the names of the individual files in stuffit.
  • Reply 4 of 8
    mandricardmandricard Posts: 486member
    Thanks folks, so finder-level encryption is just gone?



    Mandricard

    AppleOutsider
  • Reply 5 of 8
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    Finder level encryption is something that I've been wanting in OS X, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. I really think Apple should put it back, it can be really useful at times.



    &lt;goes off to the good ol' feedback page&gt;



    [EDIT: Changed anything to anywhere]



    [ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: MacAgent ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 8
    chromoschromos Posts: 191member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mojo the Monkey:

    <strong>You can use Disk Copy to create a disk image, then encrypt the disk image.



    It uses AES-128 encryption (whatever that is) and is integrated with the Keychain.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    The advantage that Disk Copy encryption has over OS 9-style encryption is that you can archive directories, not just individual files. I use it to keep prying eyes from whole directories, cuz I don't always like to log out completely.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    Hmm, I'll have to try that. How exactly do I do that?
  • Reply 8 of 8
    noahjnoahj Posts: 4,503member
    I am sure that there are at least a couple of Unix encryption tools you can use as well. Anyone care to answer that one?
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