Re: File encryption

2007-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/29/07 04:02, Dan H. wrote: > Mark Crean wrote: >> If wonder if anyone's got experience or advice to share about a good way >> of using file encryption on Debian Etch? There seem to be a lot of >> different methods, but which one might suit the fo

Re: File encryption

2007-01-29 Thread Dan H.
Mark Crean wrote: > If wonder if anyone's got experience or advice to share about a good way > of using file encryption on Debian Etch? There seem to be a lot of > different methods, but which one might suit the following: > > I only want to encrypt a single folder with personal stuff in it. To e

Re: File encryption

2007-01-29 Thread Mark Crean
Florian Kulzer wrote: [snip] The Debian package "cryptsetup" with built-in LUKS support (Linux Unified Key Setup, see http://luks.endorphin.org) will probably meet your requirements and it is relatively easy to use. A nice and concise tutorial can be found here: [snip] Thanks very much for t

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 03:03:59PM +, Mark Crean wrote: > If wonder if anyone's got experience or advice to share about a good way > of using file encryption on Debian Etch? There seem to be a lot of > different methods, but which one might suit the following: > > I only want to encrypt a si

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread John Hasler
Stephen R Laniel writes: > PGP has a different usage model -- namely that you're communicating with > someone far away and you don't have a secure channel to pass a password > to him. In the case of encrypting your files, you don't need to worry > about that, and you can use a symmetric key with a

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread S. Sakar
Mark Crean schrieb: > If wonder if anyone's got experience or advice to share about a good way > of using file encryption on Debian Etch? There seem to be a lot of > different methods, but which one might suit the following: > > I only want to encrypt a single folder with personal stuff in it. Aro

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 03:03:59PM +, Mark Crean wrote: > If wonder if anyone's got experience or advice to share about a good way > of using file encryption on Debian Etch? There seem to be a lot of > different methods, but which one might suit the following: > > I only want to encrypt a si

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 15:03 +, Mark Crean wrote: > I only want to encrypt a single folder with personal stuff in it. Around > 200 files or so. (The Truecrypt virtual disk/containers idea sounds > ideal, but I don't want to use Truecrypt. It's not in the Debian > repositories and I'm looking

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 15:03:59 +, Mark Crean wrote: > If wonder if anyone's got experience or advice to share about a good way > of using file encryption on Debian Etch? There seem to be a lot of > different methods, but which one might suit the following: > > I only want to encrypt a sing

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 04:56:38PM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: > Try PGP. It is the most secure and reliable way. You can also have your > own signature and public and private key as well. It is suitable to be > used in emails too. I use PGP in Thunderbird and they work perfect > together. It is

Re: File encryption

2007-01-28 Thread Danesh Daroui
Try PGP. It is the most secure and reliable way. You can also have your own signature and public and private key as well. It is suitable to be used in emails too. I use PGP in Thunderbird and they work perfect together. It is also very fast and efficient when you want to encrypt lots of files w

Re: file encryption

2002-11-10 Thread Jeff
Oleg, 2002-Nov-10 22:11 -0500: > Hi > > How can I encrypt a file in a PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT manner using a password so > that I can decrypt it later using the same password (e.g. on a different UNIX > or Windows/Cygwin machine)? > > Thanks > Oleg I just learned how to do this using gpg: $ gpg

Re: file encryption

2002-11-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 10:11:29PM -0500, Oleg wrote: > Hi > > How can I encrypt a file in a PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT manner using a password so > that I can decrypt it later using the same password (e.g. on a different UNIX > or Windows/Cygwin machine)? gpg -c, --symmetric Encrypt with s

Re: file encryption

2002-11-10 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 11:11, Oleg wrote: > Hi > > How can I encrypt a file in a PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT manner using a password so > that I can decrypt it later using the same password (e.g. on a different UNIX > or Windows/Cygwin machine)? OpenSSL. Its cross platform. try: openssl enc -h Kind R