Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:02:13 -0400 From: Simon Bates <simon.bates@utoronto.ca> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File encryption: bdes or gpg Message-ID: <40B4DBA5.4090005@utoronto.ca> In-Reply-To: <40B4D928.4010809@potentialtech.com> References: <40B4A372.5020506@utoronto.ca> <40B4D928.4010809@potentialtech.com>
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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, 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: > >> 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 data with anyone else so a public/private key system is >> optional.
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