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Title: File Encryption Tool
Post by: daniel3000 on June 08, 2006, 11:53:54 am

Hello,

what is the best file encryption tool either graphically for QTopia or on the console?

I'm thinking of a tool which lets me encrypt (using really strong encryption) single files or an entire directory at once, so that I can store sensitive data in that directory, which comes in different file formats (doc, mbox, txt, gif...)

Something I have to log in with a password or pass phrase, then the files are accessable, and afterwards I can manually log out of the directory / file or/and there is a timeout which locks the files again after some time.

What do you recommend?

Thanks
daniel

Title: File Encryption Tool
Post by: DaemonsGR on June 08, 2006, 11:58:04 am

I suspect that you know GnuPG and its uses!?

Title: File Encryption Tool
Post by: daniel3000 on June 08, 2006, 12:27:27 pm

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I suspect that you know GnuPG and its uses!?
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Not exactly. I assume it is something like PGP?
A command line utility to encrypt files?
Is it easy to install and use?

thanks
daniel

Title: File Encryption Tool
Post by: SNi on June 08, 2006, 03:47:43 pm

Daniel,
If you mean like Securedrive or Securedevice on the HP200lx, then you can use Bestcrypt.... Read through this thread:

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=18726 (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=18726)

SNi

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Hello,
what is the best file encryption tool either graphically for QTopia or on the console?
I'm thinking of a tool which lets me encrypt (using really strong encryption) single files or an entire directory at once, so that I can store sensitive data in that directory, which comes in different file formats (doc, mbox, txt, gif...)
Something I have to log in with a password or pass phrase, then the files are accessable, and afterwards I can manually log out of the directory / file or/and there is a timeout which locks the files again after some time.
What do you recommend?
Thanks
daniel
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