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Published August 13, 2025 | Version v3
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Encrypt and decrypt whole files

  • 1. ROR icon University College London

Contributors

  • 1. ROR icon University College London

Description

  1. This program has been created for sharing research data in an encrypted format.
  2. This program is undergoing testing. Therefore, the user must use this software at their own risk.
  3. This program must not be used for any unlawful purposes.
  4. This program requires R and RStudio to run.
  5. Please download R from https://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/
  6. Please download RStudio from https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/
  7. Install R first and then RStudio
  8. Open this file in RStudio
  9. Allow RStudio to install the necessary packages by clicking on install before you run. You must have the rights to install the libraries on the computer.
  10. If you want to store the encrypted data and the keys for encryption in the local computer, please remove the “#” (first character) in line 134.
  11. If you want to store the encrypted data and the keys for encryption in a server, please provide the appropriate server address in line 134. This also requires appropriate authentication.
  12. You can also host this as a shiny app to enable people without access to installations of R and RStudio.
  13. You can find further instructions on the left panel on how to perform the necessary functions.
  14. The prompts and messages also guide you on the process.

Files

Files (30.1 kB)

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md5:20315dbc4083f1ab15774a7527279ee6
30.1 kB Download

Additional details

Software

Programming language
R