Secure E-mail

[scott1971]

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to send secure e-mail via Enterprise. I'm hoping to be able to send mail directly to clients from Enterprise but it has to be secured and I can't see a way to do this?

 

[MJRBIM]

More detail needed -

Which version of Enterprise..?

Are you sending the reports as attachments (eg. Excel, PDF, etc)..?

How do you define "secure" (eg. Encrypted message, Password protected file)...?

 

[scott1971]

Sorry, should have been more specific.

I'm on Version XI and I'd be sending e-mail with pdf or XL attatchments. They would also be password protected but therecould be a need for encryption as well, different clients often use different methods with us!

 

[MJRBIM]

You would need to use a third-paty tool for password protecting the PDF or XLS attatchments...there is no functionality like that in out-of-the-box XI.

We use the APOS Report Package Booster for this functionality, but it's not cheap.

As to doing true 128-bit encryption, I'm not sure if the APOS tool does that - you can also try looking on the 3rd party links on Ken's site...

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

 

[scott1971]

Thanks for that, I thought it might need an add-on as I couldn't find anything at all. When you say it's not cheap do you have any ideas how much it is roughly?

 

[MJRBIM]

I think it's aroung $3,000 USD per processor on your XI platform - you can find info sheets, etc at -

http://www.apos.com

 

[IdoMillet]

You may want to consider a 3rd-party alternative among the Report Managers listed at:

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

My Visual CUT software provides 128-bit password protection and encryption of pdf exports, password protection of excel exports, as well as zip and password protection of any files. The password can be dynamic (provided by a Crystal Report field or formula). This allows you to burst a report and assign a different password to the exported files before automatically emailing them to each recipient.

- Ido

view, e-mail, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com