[H-GEN] Encrypting a tar backup

Robert Stanford rob at rotapile.com
Wed Oct 23 08:21:33 EDT 2002


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> I have created a script that creates a compressed tar file for the
> contents of certain directories, creates an ISO from that file, blanks
> the CD-RW in the drive and then burns the ISO to the CD.
> 
> What I am concerned about is if the CD fell into the wrong hands. I want
> to be able to see the file on the CD but be unable to extract the
> contents without a password.

ccrypt

Description: Secure encryption and decryption of files and streams.
 It is designed to replace the standard unix crypt utility, using the
 Rijndael cipher.

 
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