Set password for Folder

[mfaridi]

I have folder and I have some files in it .
I want set password for this folder and nobody can not open it and browse it

but

I can open this folder in Windows system for example I write this folder in CD and go to my friends home and can open it with password .

I can do this with winrar in windows , but I test , when I set pass for some folder with WINRAR , I can open and browse files in FreeBSD and Linux and I can copy them

when I set password for folder in Windows with WINRAR , it work only in windows and that is not need password in FreeBSD.

how I can set password for some folders and it can work in Windows and FreeBSD and other OS ???

[Carpetsmoker]

You can use 7zip to make password protected archives, I don't know how RAR works, but 7-zip encrypts the entire archive with AES-256, and should be secure, from http://7-zip.org/7z.html

7-Zip also supports encryption with AES-256 algorithm. This algorithm uses cipher key with length of 256 bits. To create that key 7-Zip uses derivation function based on SHA-256 hash algorithm. A key derivation function produces a derived key from text password defined by user. For increasing the cost of exhaustive search for passwords 7-Zip uses big number of iterations to produce cipher key from text password.

You can also just make a tar.gz and encrypt that with gpg or OpenSSL ...

[mfaridi]

but why when I set password for folder in Windows with Winrar , I can browse this folder in FreeBSD with MC (Midnight Commander ) ??

Are you sure when I set pass with 7Zip this folder can not browse in other OS like Linux and FreeBSD and Solaris ?

[18Googol2]

but why when I set password for folder in Windows with Winrar , I can browse this folder in FreeBSD with MC (Midnight Commander ) ??


So does the Windows WinRAR version. It can browse those files, too.

It set passwords for file, which mean you can browse, but you cant access file without password.

[Weaseal]

You can use 7zip to make password protected archives, I don't know how RAR works, but 7-zip encrypts the entire archive with AES-256, and should be secure, from http://7-zip.org/7z.html.It's also in /usr/ports/archivers/p7zip -- this may be easier ;)

[killasmurf86]

as far as i know, you can browse, but you can't access

[vermaden]

Maybe use http://www.truecrypt.org/ a cross platform free open-source disk encryption software for win/osx/linux/bsd

You will find a package here:
http://people.freebsd.org/~miwi/truecrypt.tgz