On Thursday 27 May 2010 00:08:41 Michael D. Berger wrote: > 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.
Why would you prefer public key encryption? Are you planning on letting other people add files to that directory? > Thanks, > Mike. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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