Encrypt Archive

To encrypt an archive (.car) file in ColdFusion, follow these steps:

 

  1. In ColdFusion Administrator, click Tools>Archive Security. The Certificate tab on the Archive Security page appears.

  2. Click the Encrypt Archive tab.  The Encrypt Archive page appears.

  3. In the Encrypt Archive page, provide the following information:
     

    Option

    Description

    CAR File to Encrypt

    Enter the path to locate the CAR file you want to sign. Alternately, you can click the Browse Server button to locate this file on your system.

    Algorithm

    Click the drop down list box to select the method you want to use to encrypt this file: Certificate or RSA DESX. We recommend that you use the RSA DESX option for encrypting large CAR files.  The RSA DESX option is does not require a certificate.

    Password

    • If you chose to encrypt the CAR file using a certificate, you must enter the password that was assigned to the certificate when you imported the certificate to ColdFusion.

    • If you chose to encrypt the CAR file using the RSA DESX option, provide any password.  

 

  1. Click Encrypt to encrypt the CAR file. The extension.enc  is appended to the .car file name and is stored in the same location of the non-encrypted .car file.

 

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