On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 02:14:59AM +0200, Rico Secada wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have been thinking about encrypting some private files on my laptop,
> in case it gets stolen.
>
> I have no prior experience in this field.
>
> I have been thinking about using "mcrypt" with blowfish, but is this a
> good way to go about? Are there a better alternative? And is blowfish
> the best way to encrypt it?
>
> Please bear with me if these questions are ignorent.
There are many solutions; not mentioned yet is gnupg, which has quite a
few bells and whistles you don't need but is otherwise a rather solid
program (or so I used to think; there have been a few vulnerabilities in
the past month or two).
However, svnd is probably the most convenient if you are running
-current.
Do remember to remove the original files; rm -P, as suggested, works.
Joachim
