On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 03:03:59PM +0000, Mark Crean wrote: > If wonder if anyone's got experience or advice to share about a good way > of using file encryption on Debian Etch? There seem to be a lot of > different methods, but which one might suit the following: > > I only want to encrypt a single folder with personal stuff in it. Around > 200 files or so. (The Truecrypt virtual disk/containers idea sounds > ideal, but I don't want to use Truecrypt. It's not in the Debian > repositories and I'm looking for something that has full Debian > support.) I guess I could use pgp but I'm wondering if there is > something else that offers the virtual disk/containers idea or similar. > > TIA > > :) > > Mark
When I want to encrypt a single file I tend to use pgp. To enctypt an entire filesystem I use dm-crypt. For encrypting just a personal directory tree (which I think is what you want) I find that Matt Blaze's CFS works very well. I have been using it for over 10 years now , originally on a BSD system, without a problem. Once the daemon is running, anyone can create encrypted directories and mount/unmount them as required. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
