Encrypting a password

Password encryption for use in custom INI and CONFIG files is optional, but highly recommended. BIC supports encryption using RSA encryption keys of length 1024 or 3072. To encrypt a password, complete the following steps.

  1. Contact the Hyland Software Technical Support group and request a pair of RSA encryption keys.

    For a list of Technical Support phone numbers, go to www.hyland.com/pswtscontact.

    Note: Keep your private key safe and do not share it with anyone else.
  2. In the [Installation path]\Brainware Intelligent Capture\bin directory, create a new batch file and give it a meaningful name, such as CreateEncryptedPassword.bat.
  3. To encrypt the password, copy the following line to the batch file, replacing MyPassword with the password you want to encrypt and [Custom Public Key] with your public key. 
    DstCrypt.exe /text "MyPassword" /key "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>[Custom Public Key]</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent></RSAKeyValue>" >> EncryptedPW.txt
    Note: The maximum character length for a password to encrypt using RSA-1024 is 30.

    The maximum character length for a password to encrypt using RSA-3072 is 280.

  4. Save and close the file.
  5. In Windows Explorer, double-click the batch file.
  6. From [Installation path]\Brainware Intelligent Capture\bin, open EncryptedPassword.txt in a text editor. The encrypted password can be safely included in custom INI and CONFIG files.