APPXIO Data Encryption

How to encrypt a file

If the file already exists in an unencrypted state, you should first export the data.

To encrypt a file, you must first enter a passphrase in your system admin parameter record.

Then, you must enter encryption keys in the file specification for the file that you wish to encrypt or define an FMS group with encryption keys and assign the FMS group to the file that you wish to encrypt.

Then you can create the file or, if the file already exists, you can import the data that you previously exported.  If you import, be sure to specify the replace option so that the old file will be scratched and recreated as an encrypted file.

Sharing Encrypted Files

Encrypted files are secure.  If you copy them to another APPX system you will not be able to read them unless you use the same encryption keys that were used on the system that created the file and the same passphrase.

Issues:

1. Need to verify that the encrypted passphase and the encrypted keys are being correctly stored in the file header.
2. Default values can be corrupted in the encryption type field causing the engine to fail to encrypt the data.
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Comments:

-- AlKalter - 04 Apr 2008