[ale] Encrypting Files

[Dow Hurst]

BruceG wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>      I know I should be googling this, but wanted to ask the list first. I 
>currently have 7 months worth of credit card statements, checking account 
>info, a mortgage, a car loan and a home equity loan in my KMyMoney2 package. 
>Need to add (drastically underfunded) retirement accounts and mutual funds - 
>but am holding off for now.
>
>      I'm thinking of backing that stuff up to a keythumb device or smartcard 
>(I used to use hack, urgh MSMoney and never backed up - so know the pain of 
>re-entering everything).
>
>      So - if you want a copy of sensitive data on removeable media - how do 
>you go about encrypting it? KMyMoney2 is building in GPG encryption - so that 
>might be a moot point, but I may want to include other information in a 
>separate OpenOffice doc that should be encrypted.
>
>      Anyone have an encryption quick 'n easy tutorial?
>Bruce
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Bob's book Real World Linux Security 2nd ed. has a section on using 
gpg.  I used it to get started with gpg and thought it was clear.  You 
can get his book off of Amazon.  Gpg would be the right way to go for 
what you want to do.
Dow