On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:48:25PM +1300, Paul M wrote: > I'm looking for a way to encrypy backup files for secure storage. > > Gpg is an obvious candidate, but I'm wondering if there's anything in > base, perhaps a creative use of ssh or some other tool, though not > something liable to break, obviously. > > Any thoughts would be much appreciated. >
I use: openssl aes-256-cbc -a -e -salt -in file -out file.aes and to decrypt: openssl aes-256-cbc -a -d -salt -in file.aes -out file I'll be interested in what others use or comments on what I use. Doug.
