Posted February 13, 2017 Hi everyone, Does anyone recommend file encryption software for a single notepad document? I don't want to use the batch file method. I want to user a username and password for the notepad document. Running Windows 10. Thank you ASRock B550M PG RIPTIDE Corsair Vengeance 16 GB DDR4 TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB NVME SSD AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Antec DF700 Case MSI Radeon RX 580 4 GB ARMOR OC Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/737569-file-encrytion-software-for-single-notepad-document/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 13, 2017 https://www.gpg4win.org/download.html Symmetric encryption relies on a secret (the password). There's no point in breaking up the secret in to 2 pieces ( user name and password). Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/737569-file-encrytion-software-for-single-notepad-document/#findComment-9358710 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 13, 2017 Author 8 minutes ago, Granular said: https://www.gpg4win.org/download.html Symmetric encryption relies on a secret (the password). There's no point in breaking up the secret in to 2 pieces ( user name and password). Would you mind telling me really quick how to secure the file with a password using that program? ASRock B550M PG RIPTIDE Corsair Vengeance 16 GB DDR4 TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB NVME SSD AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Antec DF700 Case MSI Radeon RX 580 4 GB ARMOR OC Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/737569-file-encrytion-software-for-single-notepad-document/#findComment-9358750 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 13, 2017 Hmm, it seems the graphical interface shipping with gpg4win doesn't support symmetric encryption. Here's how to do that with the command line, but I guess you wanted a GUI. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/737569-file-encrytion-software-for-single-notepad-document/#findComment-9358810 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 13, 2017 Author 10 minutes ago, Granular said: Hmm, it seems the graphical interface shipping with gpg4win doesn't support symmetric encryption. Here's how to do that with the command line, but I guess you wanted a GUI. Whereas I appreciate the power and utility of GPG4Win, I wish there were something a little more user friendly. Not everyone wants to wrap their head around hashes, public keys, and private keys. ASRock B550M PG RIPTIDE Corsair Vengeance 16 GB DDR4 TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB NVME SSD AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Antec DF700 Case MSI Radeon RX 580 4 GB ARMOR OC Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/737569-file-encrytion-software-for-single-notepad-document/#findComment-9358858 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, berderder said: Whereas I appreciate the power and utility of GPG4Win, I wish there were something a little more user friendly. Not everyone wants to wrap their head around hashes, public keys, and private keys. Private, public keys and their hashes are used in asymmetric encryption. Symmetric encryption just uses passwords and is a part of PGP. Also, after searching for a bit, I found what seems like exactly what you're looking for. http://evpo.net/encryptpad/ Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/737569-file-encrytion-software-for-single-notepad-document/#findComment-9358903 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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