Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-29 Thread Hornet
Just use keepass. It installs everywhere and uses decent crypto. On Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 5:30 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 08:10:50PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >Shouldn't this be just the opposite -- local10 should encrypt the file > with his > >recipient's public

Re: Signal [Was:] Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-26 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:29:06 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 25 aug 20, 14:17:26, Celejar wrote: > > > > I do use Signal on mobile, and I want to like it, but there are a few > > things about it that just really bother me (these may not be relevant > > to the OPs situation): > > I never cl

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-26 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 08:10:50PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Shouldn't this be just the opposite -- local10 should encrypt the file with his recipient's public key, and then his recipient can unencrypt it with his (the recipient's) private key? You can perform symmetric encryption with G

Re: Signal [Was:] Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 25 aug 20, 14:17:26, Celejar wrote: > > I do use Signal on mobile, and I want to like it, but there are a few > things about it that just really bother me (these may not be relevant > to the OPs situation): I never claimed it's perfect, just that it's not a "black box". See also this comm

Signal [Was:] Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-25 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:03:21 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 21 aug 20, 13:07:56, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:31:00 -0500 > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > GnuPG. It's in Debian, there's Windows versions on its website, and > > > it's not some mystery box like Signal.

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-23 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:30:09 +0200 wrote: > I always thought it should be banned by the Geneva Convention, but > OSHA would be fine by me, too. I think the US stopped honoring the Geneva Conventions during the Dubya administration. Of course, that doesn't leave much hope for OSHA enforcement eit

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:03:21 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Signal is free and open source software. > > Please do feel free to inspect the source code for potential back > doors or vulnerabilities. Thank you for the correction. https://signal.org -- Does anybody read signatures any more? htt

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 21 aug 20, 13:07:56, Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:31:00 -0500 > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > GnuPG. It's in Debian, there's Windows versions on its website, and > > it's not some mystery box like Signal. > > ++ > > It also has the advantage that the cryptext will stay enc

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-23 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 11:01:34AM +0200, Marek Mosiewicz wrote: [...] > Not to mention that GPG can be used for asymmetric cryptography. Yeah, but it's a "Windows user" at the other end, and (s)he's "too dumb to install software". And "gpg is too hard". I must say, this theme, which came up he

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-23 Thread Marek Mosiewicz
W dniu pią, 21.08.2020 o godzinie 13∶07 -0600, użytkownik Charles Curley napisał: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:31:00 -0500 > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > GnuPG. It's in Debian, there's Windows versions on its website, > > and > > it's not some mystery box like Signal. > > ++ > > It also has the advan

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread Joe
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:43:56 -0500 Greg Marks wrote: > One cross-platform encryption method would be to use OpenSSL > (https://www.openssl.org/). The Linux user might use the following > commands. > > Encryption: > openssl aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100 -in plaintext.txt -out > ciphertext.

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread Greg Marks
One cross-platform encryption method would be to use OpenSSL (https://www.openssl.org/). The Linux user might use the following commands. Encryption: openssl aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100 -in plaintext.txt -out ciphertext.txt Decryption: openssl aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100 -d -in c

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread mick crane
On 2020-08-21 18:46, local10 wrote: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks If these are documents what's wrong with open office prot

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread deloptes
Darac Marjal wrote: > Signal (signal.org) > > Signal is an instant messaging application. It uses a well respected > end-to-end encryption protocol (meaning that the messages are encrypted > by the client and sent over the internet before being decrypted by the > recipient's client). OP asking f

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:28:02PM -0400, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:10:50 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] > You're right. Please consider my last email proof that exposure to > Windows causes brain damage and that its use in the corporate workplace > should be cons

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:10:50 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, August 21, 2020 04:11:19 PM Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > I don't disagree, but how likely is it that local10's intended > > recipient will... > > > > 1. Have GnuPG installed on their Windows machine? > > 2. Know how to use

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 22/8/20 3:46 am, local10 wrote: > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux > and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able > decrypt and read them? > > Any ideas?

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, August 21, 2020 04:11:19 PM Matthew Graybosch wrote: > I don't disagree, but how likely is it that local10's intended > recipient will... > > 1. Have GnuPG installed on their Windows machine? > 2. Know how to use it to decrypt files using local10's public key? Shouldn't this be just th

[OT] Linux-Fan's bad signatures (Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows)

2020-08-21 Thread Linux-Fan
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Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-21 20:24:29+02, Linux-Fan wrote: > GPG should also run on Windows, but is a little harder to use IMHO. GnuPG it is pretty hard everywhere. Your recent signatures are reported as "bad" (at least by Notmuch and Mutt). The signed data (message) doesn't match with the signature. About this

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Hans
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Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Hans
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Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 21:59:15 +0200 wrote: > If you are somewhat serious about security, you better don't use this: > > "ZIP supports a simple password-based symmetric encryption >system generally known as ZipCrypto. It is documented in >the ZIP specification, and known to be seriously

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 02:42:23PM -0400, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:46:13 +0200 (CEST) > local10 wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on > > Linux and then send them to a non-techni

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Linux-Fan
john doe writes: On 8/21/2020 9:11 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-08-21 11:24, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] Encrypt on Linux: $ 7z a -ptestwort -mhe=on secret.7z secret.txt Decrypt on Windows: Double-Click or use commandline: % 7z x -o. secret.7z So, the recipient must install 7-Zip on

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 12:10, Teemu Likonen wrote: I forgot to say that the file names are not encrypted in Zip archives. They can be seen without password. To protect against that use Zip twice: the inner layer is unencrypted archive for all the files and outer layer encrypts the inner Zip file. PeaZi

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 9:11 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-08-21 11:24, Linux-Fan wrote: local10 writes: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a  non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 11:24, Linux-Fan wrote: local10 writes: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a  non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks Consider 7-Zip from Debian package p7zip

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-21 22:00:45+03, Teemu Likonen wrote: > If your security is just about confidentiality (other's can't have the > content) and you don't have really serious hackers targeting you then > probably encrypted Zip archives are good enough. Obviously a good enough > password is needed and secure

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 10:46, local10 wrote: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks I maintain a working Windows installation for use-cases like

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:31:00 -0500 Paul Johnson wrote: > GnuPG. It's in Debian, there's Windows versions on its website, and > it's not some mystery box like Signal. ++ It also has the advantage that the cryptext will stay encrypted on any intermediate servers. WhatsApp and Signal claim their

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-21 19:46:13+02, local wrote: > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on > Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would > be able decrypt and read them? If your security is just about confidentiality (other's can'

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:46:13 +0200 (CEST) local10 wrote: > Hi, > > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on > Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she > would be able decrypt and read them? The "zip" command has an &q

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:46 PM local10 wrote: > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux > and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able > decrypt and read them? > GnuPG. It's in Debian, there's Windows versio

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Linux-Fan
local10 writes: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks Consider 7-Zip from Debian package p7zip-full and available for Windows syswtems

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 7:46 PM, local10 wrote: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks Veracrypt could be one option. -- John Doe

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Darac Marjal
On 21/08/2020 18:46, local10 wrote: > Hi, > > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux > and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able > decrypt and read them? Signal (signal.org) Signal is an instant messaging applica

Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread local10
Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks

Encrypt files?

1998-08-19 Thread Hank Fay
Using SMB (or not, although accessing through Samba is the primary interest), is it possible to have the files encrypted with on-the-fly decryption? TIA, Hank