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Encrypted, password-protected file creation

I'm writing a program that creates a Word document with sensitive information. I'd like to encrypt and password protect the document and distribute it in a self-extracting file so that the user can double-click, provide a password, and then receive the unencrypted file.

I'm okay creating the Word document, but I'd like a third-party program, scriptable or not (I can use the command-line), that can:

  1. Encrypt the Word document,
  2. Password-Protect the encryption, and
  3. Create a self-extracting file.

Can anyone suggest software for this purpose? Anything of SSL security or higher is sufficient since the data was formerly hosted on an SSL-encrypted site.

Solution

  • DotNetZip does this. You can script it or program it. There are command-line tools and a GUI tool to produce ZIPs or self-extracting archives that are AES-encrypted. free.