180703 Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 05:47:22AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> I have a couple of small files which need to be encrypted : >> one is simple text ( .txt ), the other a spreadsheet ( .ods ). >> I haven't used encryption like this before : what do others use ? > I have used `gpg' to do this before: > # Encrypt with a passphrase > gpg -c <file> > # Decrypt > gpg -d <file>.gpg > I do have some files I keep encrypted locally > that I use `gpg' to encrypt/decrypt, but with my personal key pair. > For that, I use a vim plugin [1] that transparently decrypts to `/tmp', > lets me edit and then saves back to the original file. > This prevents the decrypted contents from ever being on my hard drive, > as I have `/tmp' mounted as tmpfs.
Thanks, that's very helpful except that you forgot to append [1] (smile). I don't need to encrypt the files locally, but do need to when I create copies to up-load as off-site back-ups. Does anyone else have a useful suggestion ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
