> > How about if you append a hash of the file to the file, and encrypt that
> > too? Then have the remote machine do the trial decrypt-and-check-hash. If
> > all is OK the remote machine can then tell the local one to delete the
> > original; and if it's not OK, it can scream at you.
>
> Bet
> > BTW, why are you encrypting these files anyway? If someone broke into
> > your computer they could just steal the crypto key too.
>
> Excellent question! Truth be told, as soon as they are encrypted,
> they're being moved to another server in another location, and then are
> being burned to
