On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 02:02:13PM -0400,
Simon Bates probably wrote:
> Bill Moran wrote:
> >Another option that you didn't even bring up:
> >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-encrypting.html
>
> Right now I am running 4.9 but upgrading to 5 is definitely a
> possi
On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 10:02:26AM -0400, Simon Bates wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am fairly new to FreeBSD and this is my first post to
> freebsd-questions. I hope I am asking my question in the correct forum.
> Apologies if not.
>
> I am hoping someone can give me advice on file encryption. I wou
> >>1. bdes(1)
> >>
> >>2. gpg -c (/usr/ports/security/gnupg)
> >>
> >>3. gpg (/usr/ports/security/gnupg) with a public/private key pair for me
> >>plus a passphrase
> >
> >
> > 4. gbde (on FreeBSD >= 5.X) encrypts a whole filesystem.
> > It is much easier to use than utilities that encrypt
> >
Bill Moran wrote:
Another option that you didn't even bring up:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-encrypting.html
Right now I am running 4.9 but upgrading to 5 is definitely a
possibility. Thanks a lot for the pointer.
Best wishes,
Simon
If you're not using 5.x, the
Thank you very much for your reply, for your comments on temp file
usage, and your suggestion to use gbde. Right now I am using FreeBSD 4.9
but moving to 5 is definitely an option. I'll have a look at gbde.
Thanks!
Simon
Cordula's Web wrote:
I am hoping someone can give me advice on file encrypt
Thank you very much for your reply and your advice.
Best wishes,
Simon
Nathan Kinkade wrote:
On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 10:02:26AM -0400, Simon Bates wrote:
I am hoping someone can give me advice on file encryption.
GPG would probably work well. You can encryt files symmetrically and
put a passphrase
Another option that you didn't even bring up:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-encrypting.html
If you're not using 5.x, then this isn't available to you yet. But I thought
I'd bring it up in case you weren't aware of it.
Simon Bates wrote:
Dear all,
I am fairly new t
> I am hoping someone can give me advice on file encryption. I would like
> to encrypt a file and store it on my filesystem. I would like to encrypt
> the file so that my data is not readable by someone who gains root
> access or physical access to my computer. I do not intend to share the
> da
