How to encrypt files in RTC source control

Question

I have files which I want to encrypt and store in RTC source control. Do the files need to be encrypted using an external program or does RTC / RTC source control support encrypting files within the stream ?

Answer 1

This thread summarizes the current situation regarding file encryption in RTC:

You would need to raise an enhancement request if you wanted this handled by RTC.

There are some other options that might help.

• The underlying database should have security mechanisms to encrypt data - it is worth looking at that.
• Next, you could also encrypt the disk the data is stored on (for example, I have worked with a customer that used BitLocker - part of Windows Server - to encrypt the disk RTC and the database runs on).

It is worth asking more questions about the request. For example - who are they trying to conceal the source code from?

So using an external program for file encryption would still be required with the current versions of RTC (4.x).