Re: [SLUG] file encryption

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Dec 22 2005 - 16:35:46 EST


On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Richard Morgan wrote:

> Quoting Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv>:
>
> > So I have a few files that I need to encrypt somehow. I was wondering
> > what tools others are using (without compromising secrets) and any
> > suggestions on the encrypt/decrypt process. I know there was some
> > discussion on storing the crypt key (not keeper) on a CF card or USB key
> > a while back. I don't need to do a whole file system. just a file, or a
> > folder or 3.

> It depends on how well you want to protect the information. If you're merely
> trying to disguise the contents of the folders you could get away with
> something simple like ROT to scramble the info or uuencode to make it
> unreadable. You could also use the Unix crypt() function.

There's no decrypt(). Hope it just needs to be compared to something then.

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