On Tuesday 28 October 2008, Paul M wrote: > I'm looking for a way to encrypy backup files for secure storage. > > Gpg is an obvious candidate, but I'm wondering if there's anything in > base, perhaps a creative use of ssh or some other tool, though not > something liable to break, obviously. > > Any thoughts would be much appreciated. > > paulm
Yep, everything you need is already in base. see the openssl(1) man page Encrypting: # openssl enc -des3 -e -in plaintext -out cyphertext Decrypting: # openssl enc -des3 -d -in cyphertext -out plaintext -- Jon
