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Re: Text file encryption
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Re: Text file encryption


  • Subject: Re: Text file encryption
  • From: David Remahl <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 19:07:20 +0200

> Does anyone know of a good secure Cocoa method of encrypting text files?
> I'd like my app to be able to encrypt/decrypt collections of rtf files.
> At the moment I'm using a pretty rudimentary approach (which isn't
> encryption at all really), in which I take my collections of attributed
> strings and archive them as data objects. These are then put in a
> dictionary which is saved into a plist file. Good enough to thwart your
> average Joe User, but wouldn't fool anyone with any serious technical
> know-how longer than about ten seconds.
>
> I'd like a *proper* encryption method which would bar any attempt (short
> of cracking the reader app) to copy encrypted resource files out of the
> app bundle and read them. What I'm after, ideally, is a roll-my-ownable
> C or obj-C technique which I can write into my application rather than a
> piece of proprietary encryption software. Any advice?

The services of OpenSSL <http://www.openssl.org/> are available to you.

/ Regards, David Remahl
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