[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > while i'm not afraid of substantial setups (i use gentoo after > all), i don't like putting all that time into a tool that does much > more than > i need, if a simpler too exists. Your requirement that encryption be easy but decryption require a key implies public key cryptography. I don't think gpg will be that much harder to set up than the alternatives. > i will take a look at rsyncrypto The thing that made me suggest rsyncrypto was that it has built-in recursive directory and file list modes. > and openssl. it never occurred to me that > openssl could do this - i had only thought of it in conjunction with > some sort > of transfer mechanism like ssh I meant the "openssl" command line tool, not the library. RTFM openssl(1), and then RSA(1) and aes(1). Then rtfm rsyncrypto for how to generate openssl RSA keys....
On second thought, maybe openssl is too much bother for what you are trying to do. Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
