About Encryption and Making Your System Secure

What is encryption doing to me?

Cryption and encryption software have been used in numerous ways to make systems safer. This article highlights just a few ways in which such software can make your system safer, including:



1) Your email encryption

2) Your files are encrypted



Programs that help encrypt information are listed. There are many more programs out there which will help, but these are nice and a solid starting point. They have the added bonus of being both free with open source code.

Will encryption prevent others from accessing my data?

Encryption only makes it more difficult for anyone to access vital information, such as passwords or sensitive information in a file. The first thing you should know about encryption is the simple or more complex usage of the algorithm, which helps to safeguard what you have encrypted. Encryption systems have been broken when hackers understand and are easy to break the encryption mechanism.

Why trouble encrypting my email?

It should be mentioned that for two very solid reasons emails are significantly less secure than paper mails: first, electronic data may readily be accessed over the Internet and second, email data is very easy to copy. In spite of your best attempts, somebody will have snooped around in your email.

How can I encrypt my e-mail?

Many tools are available to assist you with encrypting your email. PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) or its Gnu derivative GPG is a widely popular one.



This is how PGP (http://www.pgpi.org/) presents itself: That's it "It's a program which provides your mail something you don't have otherwise: privacy. This is done by encrypting your e-mail so none can read it except the targeted person. The message appears to be a meaningless jumble of random characters when encrypted. PGP has shown to be able to resist even the most advanced techniques of analysis to read encrypted messages."

Why bother my files to be encrypted?

The answer is what you store on your PC. If you have financial information with crucial information such as social security numbers, email addresses, account numbers and passwords, you are free to lose highly valuable information. Most Internet security staff attest to the widespread theft of very sensitive information. You are vulnerable as long as you are linked to the Internet.

How can I encrypt my files?

Software for AxCrypt File Encryption (http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/) Self-described as "ASE-128 AES-File Encryption, Compression and transparent Deciphering and Open in Original program Free Personal Privacy and Security for Windows 98/ME/NT/2K/XP."