How to encrypt the text,files and folders using EncryptPad

How to encrypt the text,files and folders using EncryptPad

EncryptPad is an application for viewing and editing symmetrically encrypted text. Using a simple and convenient graphical and command line interface, EncryptPad provides a tool for encrypting and decrypting binary files on disk while offering effective measures for protecting information, and it uses the most widely chosen quality file format OpenPgp RFC 4880.

Unlike other OpenPGP software which main purpose is asymmetric encryption, the primary focus of EncryptPad is symmetric encryption

Features:

• Graphical user interface as well as command line interface to encrypt and decrypt files.

• portable (on Mac and Linux it can also be built with dynamic linking to libraries.
• password and key file protection, which can be used separately or combined for double protection.
• Random key file and password generator.
• Encryption of binary files (images, videos, archives etc.);
• Read only mode to prevent accidental file modification;
• Can use cURL to automatically download keys from a remote storage;
• UTF8 text encoding;
• Windows/Unix configurable line endings;
• Supports GPG and EPD (EncryptPad specific format) file formats;
• Cipher algorithms: CAST5, TripleDES, AES128, AES256;
• Hash algorithms: SHA-1, SHA256;
• Integrity protection: SHA-1;
• Compression: ZLIB, ZIP.

The application is useful for storing passwords, credit card information, and so on, either for personal use or for sharing a private file with someone.

Since files can be protected with both a key and a password in the same time, it means

EncryptPad is a good solution for cases in which you need to store sensitive information on uprotected media, such as a laptop, a memory stick, or unencrypted cloud storage.

It's important to mention that EncryptPad stores unencrypted text in memory. For this reason, the application developer recommends to close EncryptPad when not in use.

Steps to create a encrypted file:

1.Download EncryptPad and install it.

2.Then enter your text or files to encrypt.

3.Then you need set the password and the key for the file.

You can set the passphrase by going to Encryption->set passphrase and set your passphrase and make sure you set a strong passphrase.

4.Then you should set the key for the file so create the key
Go to Encryption->Generate Key and then set the path for the key to store by clicking the browse button.

5.Then you should create a password for that key file and make sure dont keep the same password for both the key and passphrase.

6.Then save the file and it will be saved as 'filename.epd" and all the way we had encrypted our file.

Decryption:

1.For decryption we should open the file "filename.epd" here filename refers to your filename.

2.You should enter the passphrase which you had entered while encryption

3.Then you should enter the path in which your key is stored by clicking browse.

4.Then you should enter the passphrase for the key and then click ok.

5.Output will be your requested file

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