Damn Small Linux - Not!

dutchguy · Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 1

Hi,

Can't wait to start testing this expanded version of a nice distro (DSL).
Great idea to make a slightly bigger distro of something good.

My request: please include encryption (gnupg?), but if you do please also include a simple graphical frontend for that encryption.
I suggest (and: like) GPA (which is small and i.m.h.o. complete and useful).

Regards,

Dutchguy

WDef · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 20

I used to want guis for everything once. I suppose one might be good for key management if you use gpg for mail. But for symmetric encryption:

1. Load the gnupg.dsl from the repo. Just open a shell and use the -c option:

[code:1]$ gpg -c file[/code:1]

2. Suppose you want to encrypt a lot of files with aes256 in a directory /home/dsl/myfiles, try aespipe.dsl using the bz2aespipe tool:

[code:1]$ cd /home/dsl
$ tar -cvf /path/to/outputfile --use-compress-program=bz2aespipe myfiles[/code:1]

But wait until the updated aespipe.dsl is posted which does not require gnu-utils.dsl

3. dsl-n has loop-aes v.3 built-in. You can encrypt a whole partition with that, and it's very strong, as are the above. Look for the loop-aes readme on sourceforge.

4. For less secure needs, dsl-n also has des built in. But always use triple-des - single des is broken.