Brian Hansen wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have no prior experience in encryption but wants to figure out how to - as >> safe as possible - encrypt some files on my computer. I have been looking at >> both GNUPG and Mcrypt. I am not interested in the KEY part of GNUPG but only >> encrypting files. >> >>
>uh, if you expect to work with encryption at all, get used to the ideas >of KEY and PASSPHRASE. search for and read a tutorial on encryption and >FYI the hand-holding linux folks live somewhere yon, past them hills. I am not interested in the idea of having to keep some private key safe. At this moment I am just looking for the solution provided by Mcrypt, but I am not able to determine if GNUpg is a better choise regarding safety. >> Which - if any - would you recommend for the task and using what algorithms? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Brian
