Hello, I would recommend putting it below the document root of the webserver for added security - you really don't want crawlers easily discovering it.
On Wednesday 11 November 2009 20:13:33 Morten Kjærulff wrote: > Hi, > > I am new here, so sorry if I ask stupid questions. > > I would like to use my unused storage on various web servers for > backup of my personal data, including the file with all my passwords. > > Q1) Assume that I make a good passphrase, would it then be safe to > encrypt my backup with "gpg --symmetric ...", and put the backup where > anyone can get it? > > man page for --symmetric say: "... The default symmetric cipher > used is CAST5, but may be chosen with the --cipher-algo option. > ...". "gpg --version" says: > > Home: ~/.gnupg > Supported algorithms: > Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA > Cipher: 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH > Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224 > Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2 > > Q2) Why would I use another cipher? > > Q3) Are some ciphers stronger than others? If so, which is the best > for my purpose? (is it purpose dependent which is best?) > > Cheers, > Morten > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > -- Dion Moult :-)
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