<div dir="ltr">I am in need of encryption software that would keep files encrypted on the cloud as well as local on all machines.<div><br></div><div>Here is what I'm looking for:</div><div><br></div><div>Downloaded files saved to a particular folder on a Windows 7 or 8 machine would automatically be encrypted (after a prompt for passphrase). Ideally, this folder would be in a Dropbox or Google Drive folder, or on a thumb drive. No record of the unencrypted file would remain on the local PC (I am not worried about pieces of it on swap).<br clear="all">
<div><br></div><div>I would prefer that the files are individually encrypted with the same passphrase, rather than added to one large file which is encrypted. I don't want the cloud storage to have to recreate the whole folder, and I don't want a bit error to trash all of my files. The file names do not need to be encrypted. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Since I will be the only user in the foreseeable future, a symmetric encryption scheme would be fine.</div><div><br></div><div>From the cloud (preferably) or thumb drive folder, my ruby program running on Mac OS X would edit the files. I would also want to be able to decrypt the files to view in a text editor or other software, after which I would secure erase copies of decrypted files - again, no unencrypted files on the local machine other than in swap.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This is the ideal. An alternative would be to send the files via https to a web server on the Mac (which could handle encryption in a local Mac environment) and the secure erase the files on the PC. If I did this, could I send the files unencrypted (since https will encrypt them while they are on the internet)?</div>
<div><br></div><div>True Crypt appears to be close to what I want, but it is discontinued. I don't know if I could use something like gpg, since I don't have admin privileges on the PC.</div><div><br></div><div>-Dan</div>
<div><br></div>-- <br>Dan Martin, MD<br>GP Hospital Practitioner<br>Computer Scientist<br><a href="mailto:ummar143@shaw.ca">ummar143@shaw.ca</a><br>(204) 831-1746<br>answering machine always on
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