User Guide

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retrieval method you can click Browse Server to specify the archive file’s location on
your system. After you specified the retrieval method and location of the archive file
you can then click Next on this page to specify the location to restore the file.
To learn more about how to deploy archive files in ColdFusion, click Help on the
Archive Deploy page.
Archive Security
The Archive Security page lets you digitally sign and/or encrypt your ColdFusion
archive files. With these features you can securely send and receive archive files
electronically.
By signing an archive file, you notify the recipient of the archive file that the file
actually came from you and has not been forged or tampered with. By encrypting an
archive file, you can help protect the contents of the archive file from intruders.
After you sign or encrypt an archive file in ColdFusion, you can then securely
exchange this file electronically by using any of the following transport methods:
• E-mail program Use an e-mail program, such as Microsoft Outlook, to
exchange secure archive files.
• FTP site Exchange secure archive files by posting the secure file on an FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) site.
• Web site Exchange secure archive files by posting the secure file on an on a
Web site.
• Shared file system Exchange secure archive files by posting the secure file to a
shared local or remote network location.
To sign or encrypt files in ColdFusion Administrator use the Archive Security page.
To access this page, click Tools > Archive Security.
Help button.
Navigation bar lists
the names of the
settings that you can
use to secure
archive files.