Cryptography - Encrypt and sign

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Source

Text

Yes

(Empty)

1. INPUTFILE=c:\

2. INPUTFILE=c:\

The path and file name of the files to encrypt. Wildcard characters such as asterisk (*) and question mark (?) can be used to encrypt files matching a certain mask. SeeFile Masks Wildcardsfor more details.

Destination

Text

Yes

(Empty)

1. OUTPUTFILE="c:\Folder\file.txt"

2. OUTPUTFILE="c:\DestFolder\

The destination folder and (optional) file name of to place the newly encrypted files. Folders that do not exist will be automatically created at runtime.

Create and populate dataset

Text

Yes

(Empty)

The name of the dataset to create and populate with information about this operation.

Public keyring file

Text

Yes

(Empty)

PUBKEYRINGPATH="c:\Folder\File.pkr"

The path and file name of the PGP, OpenPGP or GnuPG Public Keyring file. Entering a valid Public Keyring file along with a matching Secret Keyring file will populate the Signatures tab with the appropriate signature information.

NOTE: Automate is equipped with the OpenPGP engine which is installed on the system during Automate installation.  

Secret keyring file

Text

Yes

(Empty)

SECKEYRINGPATH="c:\Folder\File.skr"

The path and file name of the PGP, OpenPGP or GnuPG secret keyring file. Entering a valid Public Keyring file along with a matching Secret Keyring file will populate the Signatures tab with the appropriate signature information.

NOTE: Automate is equipped with the OpenPGP engine which is installed on the system during Automate installation.  

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Use conventional (passphrase) encryption

Passphrase

Text

Yes

(Empty)

PASSWORD="encrypted"

Specifies the passphrase to be added to the private key. Existing signatures (populated using the Public Keyring File and Secret Keyring File parameters located in the General tab) can be added by selecting the signature and clicking the Move Up button or simply double-clicking the signature.

To manually enter an email address or name along with keyring passphrase, click the Add button and enter the email or name and passphrase in the appropriate fields.

To remove a signature, select it from the list and click the Remove button.

NOTE: At least one signature is required. Therefore, one email address or name from the keyring along with its keyring passphrase needs to be entered. If there is no password associated with the email address or name in the keyring, then the Passphrase field can be left blank. Additionally, if no name or email address is used to identify the key, make sure to empty the Email or Name field of any contents.  

Recipients Email or Name

Text

Yes

(Empty)

1. KEYID="jay@netauto.com"

2. KEYID="jay"

Specifies the recipient name or email address used to locate the private key. Existing signatures (populated using values entered in the Public keyring file and Secret keyring file parameters) can be added by selecting the signature and clicking the Add button or simply double-clicking the signature.

To manually enter an email address or name along with keyring passphrase, click the Create button and enter the email address or unique name and associated passphrase in the appropriate fields.

To remove a signature, select it from the list and click the Remove button.

NOTE: At least one signature is required. Therefore, one email address or name from the keyring along with its keyring passphrase needs to be entered. If there is no password associated with the email address or name in the keyring, then the Passphrase field can be left blank. Additionally, if no name or email address is used to identify the key, make sure to empty the Email or Name field of any contents.  

Signers Email or Name

Text

Yes

(Empty)

1. KEYID="ron@netauto.com"

2. KEYID="ron"

Specifies the name or email address used to locate the private key. Existing signatures (populated using values entered in the Public keyring file and Secret keyring file parameters) can be added by selecting the signature and clicking the Add button or simply double-clicking the signature.

To manually enter an email address or name along with keyring passphrase, click the Create button and enter the email address or unique name and associated passphrase in the appropriate fields.

To remove a signature, select it from the list and click the Remove button.

NOTE: At least one signature is required. Therefore, one email address or name from the keyring along with its keyring passphrase needs to be entered. If there is no password associated with the email address or name in the keyring, then the Passphrase field can be left blank. Additionally, if no name or email address is used to identify the key, make sure to empty the Email or Name field of any contents.  

Symmetric algorithm

Text (options)

Yes

CAST5

1. SYMMETRICALGO="plaintext"

2. SYMMETRICALGO="idea"

3. SYMMETRICALGO="tripledes"

4. SYMMETRICALGO="cast5"

5. SYMMETRICALGO="blowfish"

6. SYMMETRICALGO="aes128"

7. SYMMETRICALGO="aes192"

8. SYMMETRICALGO="aes256"

9. SYMMETRICALGO="twofish256"

The symmetric algorithm to encrypt and sign the file. The available options are:

• Plain text

• IDEA

• TripleDES

• CAST5 (default)

• BLOWFISH

• AES128

• AES192

• AES256

• TWOFISH256

Hash algorithm

Text (options)

Yes

Auto

Protection level

Text (options)

Yes

Normal

Compression algorithm

Text (options)

Yes

None