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Topic: Encryption, Is there a handy one?

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humpty

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Posted: Feb. 14 2006,20:05

Is there some clever way to encrypt a file with a password? A script maybe?

Also, is there some app that manage names, addresses and telephone no.s?

Glacial

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Posted: Mar. 10 2006,18:40

The only crypto that I can find that comes on the live CD is des. It does work.

to encryrpt a file

des -E infile outfile

and to decrypt a file:

des -D infile outfile

it prompts for the password twice on encrypt and once on decrypt.
I don't know how secure des is overall but it's good enough for privacy purposes.

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