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On 3.7.2018 13:27, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 180703 Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 05:47:22AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>>> I have a couple of small files which need to be encrypted : |
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>>> one is simple text ( .txt ), the other a spreadsheet ( .ods ). |
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>>> I haven't used encryption like this before : what do others use ? |
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>> I have used `gpg' to do this before: |
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>> # Encrypt with a passphrase |
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>> gpg -c <file> |
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>> # Decrypt |
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>> gpg -d <file>.gpg |
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>> I do have some files I keep encrypted locally |
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>> that I use `gpg' to encrypt/decrypt, but with my personal key pair. |
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>> For that, I use a vim plugin [1] that transparently decrypts to `/tmp', |
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>> lets me edit and then saves back to the original file. |
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>> This prevents the decrypted contents from ever being on my hard drive, |
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>> as I have `/tmp' mounted as tmpfs. |
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> Thanks, that's very helpful except that you forgot to append [1] (smile). |
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> I don't need to encrypt the files locally, |
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> but do need to when I create copies to up-load as off-site back-ups. |
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> Does anyone else have a useful suggestion ? |
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Hi, |
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there is "reverse" encfs if there are more files to encrypt for backup. |
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encfs --reverse ~/dir /tmp/dir |
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It will encrypt original files on fly as you read /tmp/dir. |
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I used this before (now I backup with duplicity). |
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S |
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PS: link to arch page with some more info |
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/EncFS#Encrypted_backup |
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