Encrypt a Session File
You can encrypt 3270, 5250, and Open Systems session documents to protect them against unauthorized changes. Encryption effectively scrambles the data in a session document, helping to prevent unauthorized users from reading and changing the file's contents. For best results, use document encryption in conjunction with the encryption options in the Permissions Manager.
In Reflection, you can easily encrypt sessions by saving them in the Encrypted Session Document format.
Alternatively, you can encrypt documents using a command-line program installed with Reflection, FileEncrypt.exe. With this program, you can also determine whether session documents are encrypted, and if they are, you can decrypt them.
To encrypt a session in Reflection
- Open a session document.
- From the Reflection button, choose Save As.
- From the Save as Type menu, choose the available encryption format, and then click Save.
To encrypt, decrypt, or test sessions using FileEncrypt.exe
- From a command line, enter any of the following commands:
To
Type
Encrypt a document
fileencrypt /e [file_in] [file_out]
Decrypt a document
fileencrypt /d [file_in] [file_out]
Test a document for encryption
fileencrypt /t [file_in]
where:[file_in] = The filename, including the extension and relative path.
[file_out] = (Optional) A new name for the output file.
For example:fileencrypt /e Session.rd3x SessionEncrypted.rd3x
Note: FileEncrypt.exe searches only the current directory for session files, and requires administrative credentials to encrypt or decrypt a file.
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