[NCLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - file encryption

[William Greger]

Onyx,

  Thank you for the prompt reply.  I did not know about ccrypt.
I did learn that  openssl  is installed.  I will have to learn more about that command.

Bill Greger

> From: onyx at frii.com
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Subject: RE: [NCLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - file encryption
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:09:25 -0600
> 
> Oh, and by the way, ccrypt was designed as a replacement for crypt.  You
> should be able to decrypt anything crypt encrypted with ccrypt...if that
> makes sense.  =)
> 
> Onyx Mueller
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Onyx [mailto:onyx at frii.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:05 PM
> To: 'Northern Colorado Linux Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [NCLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - file encryption
> 
> Regarding your second point, I believe it's as simple as:
> 
> sudo apt-get install ccrypt
> 
> If you prefer to refer 'ccrypt' as 'crypt' at the command-line, just make an
> alias.
> 
> I hope that answers your question.
> 
> Onyx Mueller
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nclug-bounces at nclug.org [mailto:nclug-bounces at nclug.org] On Behalf Of
> William Greger
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:57 AM
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Subject: [NCLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - file encryption
> 
> 
> 1. GUI mode
>     - select a file, right click
>     - resulting menu includes   Encrypt..
>     - select   Encrypt.. ;fill in resulting menu and file gets encrypted
>    CLI mode
>     - what is the equivalent command to  encrypt  a file?
> 
> 2. crypt  command
>     - Ubuntu basic installation does not include the  crypt  command
>     - can/does Ubuntu support the  crypt  command?
>       * if yes, how do I get, install  crypt?
> 
> Bill Greger
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