Encryption:
Matthew Flaschen
matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sat Nov 15 15:17:16 UTC 2008
Adalbert Prokop wrote:
> Jeff Maxwell wrote on Saturday 15 November 2008:
>
>> Which encryption tool/application would be preferred - PGP or other?
>
> If you could be more specific, WHAT you want to encrypt? Here some
> suggestions.
>
> - Single files, E-Mails -> GPG (you might refer to it as PGP)
> - Directories -> fuse + encfs
> - Partitions, file systems -> cryptsetup (possibly with luks)
I would recommend cryptsetup+luks. It's convenient, and efficient. You
can use a loopback device or any drive you have lying around. Make sure
you allocate enough space, though, or you have to reencrypt a new
partition and move everything over.
Matt Flaschen
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