I'd probably do something like in (tye)Re: Portably transforming a string to a valid filename to transform each file name into a string that only uses 64 common characters ('0'..'9','a'..'z','A'..'Z','.', and '_'), treat that like a base-64 encoded value and unencode it to get a binary string, encrypt that string, base-64 encode that and use the result as the file name. (Note that I said "like" as that node creates file names taken from a set of 65 characters.)

The file name will remain the same size (if it doesn't use any unusual characters) or increase slightly in size (if it does) and you can use any general-purpose encryption you like.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to (tye)Re: Encrypting a Filename by tye
in thread Encrypting a Filename by John M. Dlugosz

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