Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files
John J. Foster wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:41:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What options are out there? My personal favorite is app-crypt/gnupg Aye, I keep website user info and passwords in text files with the contents encrypted with GNUPG. Each website gets its own text file. The big advantage is that backup is dead easy, and since the files are plain text you could even print them out to hard copy for backups. In addition, the files are only decrypted long enough for me to get at the information (typically to copy-paste a password into a web form). The main trick with GNUPG is to securely store your private key and keyphrase, and make sure that you have backup copies of the private keys in offsite locations. I've also used GNUPG to encrypt backup tar files using a dedicated public key as they get written to a backup device. (Rather CPU intensive.) That way, restoration requires use of the private key to restore the file. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] [OT] private files
Hoping some of you may know the ins and outs of somekind of privacy precautions for files on disk with such things as software reg keys, passwrds to various stuff, and stupidly... credit card numbers etc. I'm on a single user machine so the threat is from network more than console. Also I keep backup copies on a remote machine that I don't control and is part of the big bad internet. I've visualized something that somehow encrypts a directory or several. But in a handy way where it can be opened and used several times daily without bringing a lunch. I thought since I'm well familiar with tar and gzip it might be something to tar.gz the directories and encrypt the result. Deleting the source. But I'm hoping there may be stuff even easier and less time intensive. The amount of data is under 10 mb always and in fact stands around 1.6mb at present. I looked a bit at BestCrypt but decided its a big poorly documented pain in the butt. Needs kernel mods etc etc. I wondered if something as simple as passworded rar files might fill the bill. What options are out there? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files
I thought since I'm well familiar with tar and gzip it might be something to tar.gz the directories and encrypt the result. What about mounting an encrypted filesystem in a file via loopback device? Once configured, it can easily be mounted like mount ~/Nothinginhere Passphrase: For backup issues you can simply copy the file somewhere. Disadvantage: If one bit flips in the file accidentally, your data is lost, but if so, simply restore an earlier backup file, copy the contents to the hard drive and create a new crypto file. There are easy to follow tutorials out there for sure. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:41:51 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've visualized something that somehow encrypts a directory or several. But in a handy way where it can be opened and used several times daily without bringing a lunch. If you use KDE, KWallet can be used to store random information as well as web site passwords etc. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 10: Computer security signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files
On 12/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hoping some of you may know the ins and outs of somekind of privacy precautions for files on disk with such things as software reg keys, passwrds to various stuff, and stupidly... credit card numbers etc. The KDE Wallet system is pretty much ideally suited to storing this kind of data. I'm on a single user machine so the threat is from network more than console. Don't forget about possible theft of the entire computer...especially if it is a laptop. Also I keep backup copies on a remote machine that I don't control and is part of the big bad internet. For backup just copy .kde/share/apps/kwallet/*.kwl to the remote machine. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:41:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What options are out there? My personal favorite is app-crypt/gnupg John pgp20czflhBuS.pgp Description: PGP signature
