Article 493PG How to Password Protect and Encrypt a File on Linux Command Line

How to Password Protect and Encrypt a File on Linux Command Line

by
from on (#493PG)
Story ImageIn this Linux quick tip we will discuss password protecting a file using GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). This tool provides digital encryption and signing services using the OpenPGP standard. We will cover the basics of the gpg command in respects to encryption and decryption files using a passphrase, how to confirm encryption and specifying which cipher to use.
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://lxer.com/module/newswire/headlines.rdf/
Feed Title
Feed Link http://lxer.com/
Reply 0 comments