Hi Ryan,
Yes that is exactly the kind of front end I was looking for, and it
looks very nice. Thanks for writing it. :-) Though now I have finished
the stab I took at solving the problem myself, which is a much simpler
command line script. You can find the two versions of it here:
https://ww
As already mentioned, you could decrypt the file to a ram disk -- the
/dev/shm directory should already be there, but if you're trying to
bypass creating an unnecessary file altogether, you need something
else.
I actually wrote a GUI frontend for this purpose (among others) a
while back. It's call
Hi Doug,
Thanks for the comments. Yes the threat model is mostly the worry of
having old temp files or even the original cleartext files left behind
on the HD, or even worse having them backed up. ;-) At the very least I
want something that tries to protect me from stupid mistakes. Yep the
RA
On 01/19/2014 08:56 AM, Mr. Clif wrote:
So I'm trying to get a sense from the users here if they feel that the
process of using gpg for symmetric encryption is safe enough, and they
are not worried about leaving clear text behind.
I think you're misunderstanding a few things. First, the problem
On 01/19/2014 03:53 AM, Johan Wevers wrote:
On 19-1-2014 7:50, Mr. Clif wrote:
Does anyone use symmetric file encryption?
Yes, but only for encrypting files for personal use. Not in
communication with others.
Same here. This is why I wrote that perl script, so I wouldn't have to
remember
On 19-1-2014 12:12, Andy Ruddock wrote:
> I wouldn't like to make any claims about "best practice", for the most
> part I rely on defaults provided by more knowledgeable folks than myself.
Although trust in that approach has gotten some drawback since the
actions of RSA Inc. became public knowled
I use ecryptfs, as packages are available for my distro (Debian) which
make it easy to install and use.
I wouldn't like to make any claims about "best practice", for the most
part I rely on defaults provided by more knowledgeable folks than myself.
Mr. Clif wrote:
> So no one got back to me.
>
On 19-1-2014 7:50, Mr. Clif wrote:
> Does anyone use symmetric file encryption?
Yes, but only for encrypting files for personal use. Not in
communication with others.
> What is the best practice here?
As always, that depends on your use case and threat model.
> I heard of another solution whic
So no one got back to me.
Does anyone use symmetric file encryption? What is the best practice
here? I heard of another solution which was to mount an encrypted
directory with fuser to drop files into. I think I would wounder how
safe the passphrase was for mounted filesystems, though I know o
Greetings!
I've been happily using pgp and gpg off and on for decades. One thing I
never quite figured out was what the best way to use it for encrypting
sensitive files on disk. After doing that one has to remember to cleanup
after themselves and delete all the leftover plaintext versions of
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