The College of Education - Computer Security

Computer Security Tutorials

Storing Files Encrypted on Your Computer or Sharing with Other OS X Users

Sharing Encrypted Files With Windows Users

Installing PGP Desktop in OS X

Securely Sharing Files With People Outside of The College of Education

This tutorial will explain to you how to securely share files with people on different operating systems and/or people outside of UT.

Other OS X Tutorials

Installation and use of Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG)

These instructions are for historical purposes. You should use PGP Desktop instead of GPG.

Storing Files Encrypted on Your Computer or Sharing with Other Windows Users

Using BCArchive:

Windows File Encryption using BCArchive
Creating a Self-Extracting Encrypted File using BCArchive
- This technique is useful for sending encrypted files to people who do not have the BCArchive program already installed on their Windows computer. This will be the case for most people outside of the UT College of Education.

Using TrueCrypt:

Sharing Encrypted Files With OS X Users

Installing PGP Desktop in Windows XP

The previous version of this document for PGP Desktop 9.0 is located here. The current instructions are for PGP Desktop version 9.5.
Instructions for determining what version of PGP Desktop you have installed are available here.

Securely Sharing Files With People Outside of The College of Education

This tutorial will explain to you how to securely share files with people on different operating systems and/or people outside of UT.

Other Windows Tutorials

Last updated on May 16, 2008