On Wed, 26 May 2010 12:42:00 -0400, Grant Olson wrote: > On 5/26/10 10:14 AM, Michael D. Berger wrote: >> I would like to use gpg to create encrypted directories on an external >> hard drive. I would like to do this for both WinXP and for Linux. >> Could someone direct me to appropriate documentation? >> >> Thanks, >> Mike. >> >> >> > If you're talking about a 'live' directory, one that you're editing, > you're probably better off using something like truecrypt or luks (with > FreeOTFE on windows) to create an encrypted partition. > > If you're talking about a static directory, just zip it up and encrypt > normally. > [...]
Actually I have both situations and also something in between -- a directory I want to store on the external drive is too large to allow its zip file to coexist on the main disk. To zip and encrypt it I would have to first have unencrypted data on the external drive -- clearly a bad idea. Also, AFAICT, truecrypt, luks, FreeOTFE do not have public key encryption, which I would prefer. Thanks, Mike. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
