Skip to main content
Open

Password protected/encrypted zip, 7-zip, rar or even pdf file transformers

Related products:Integrations
acallender
  • acallender
    acallender

stangnwt

After a recent FME webinar I posed the idea to the FME team during the webinar about accessing password protected zip files. For example if you receive or work with zip files that are stored in a common directory, or are sent to you via some mechanism, either email, or a sharepoint site, or some internal corporate drive location, or even google drive or dropbox, but for some level of security the zip file is password protected, I think there might be some appetite to streamline the process of accessing this data to update an organizations databases. Since the contents of the zip file are encrypted, it's not likely to go to ArcGIS Online as a open data source, but could ultimately make it's way into a ArcGIS Enterprise internal corporate portal. Being able to have a checkbox for password protection, should enable an entry box for password entry. Now the type of encryption options used, would be those supported by the common compression software, e.g. winzip, winrar and 7-zip at the very least, and yes when I state "zip" file, it should also include ".rar" and ".7z". Since there is no fundamental incompatibility that I'm aware of to incorporate this capability in FME, even at this point as an optional transformer for download in beta to see if there's a desire for full production release, I'm wondering if there is any appetite? Since FME can already read zip files and even KMZ, which is a zipped KML file, there should be no fundamental problem incorporating password access. Even incorporating secure authorized access via password authentication or digital signature of encrypted PDFs should be investigated. I'm sure Adobe would work with Safe, even though they might require some hefty licencing fees? Adobe tends to be very heavy handed with the user only using their tools and portals for digital secure authentication.

0 replies

Be the first to reply!

Cookie policy

We use cookies to enhance and personalize your experience. If you accept you agree to our full cookie policy. Learn more about our cookies.

 
Cookie settings