I have a question about using gpg to encrypt private files on my system. Which encryption is the preferred for file storage? Symmetric? (gpg -c) This seems the most secure and flexible, but I'm getting tired of typing the key so often. Public/private? This seems enticing, because encryption is done without needing to type a password. However, the keyring is on the same system as the encrypted file, and thus is vulnerable. Thanks, Bill
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bill Mills-Curran wrote:
I have a question about using gpg to encrypt private files on my system.
Which encryption is the preferred for file storage?
Symmetric? (gpg -c) This seems the most secure and flexible, but I'm getting tired of typing the key so often.
Your typing will get faster with repetition. Or, maybe you shouldn't have picked such a long key. Oh yeah, I forgot, longer keys are more secure, now aren't they? ;-) - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDxapXHl0iXDssISsRAizbAJ90yHj66nmE9XLJwpjubhKSOoGGGwCfYQzK 6gJJFb9kjg+Sm15b9z0hm5I= =z8Bh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bill Mills-Curran wrote:
I have a question about using gpg to encrypt private files on my system.
Which encryption is the preferred for file storage?
Symmetric? (gpg -c) This seems the most secure and flexible, but I'm getting tired of typing the key so often.
Public/private? This seems enticing, because encryption is done without needing to type a password. However, the keyring is on the same system as the encrypted file, and thus is vulnerable.
Why not use an encrypted file system? One passphrase unlocks the entire file system. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDxbP8Hl0iXDssISsRAgo5AJoDvWtovKVEPxE8P1prRrag1EGH/gCcC3eM mk1g81CYnoNF5BdDqndWN60= =Q7Ok -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Friends, any idea where can I download the isos for RHEL AS 4, ES 4 ? cheers, Aramico
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:50:53AM +0700, Aramico wrote:
Friends, any idea where can I download the isos for RHEL AS 4, ES 4 ?
You probably can't, since those are RedHat's "for money only" releases. Yes, they are still open source, You can download the source, but no ISOs are available. Closest you can come would be FC4 (Fedora Core 4) or FC5 now in final test. Another option is White Box Linux, a distro based on the RedHat source code. Dunno if its really equivalent to the RedHat Enterprise products you are asking about but that seems to be their goal, whereas the FC series are not intended to be the same as the enterprise products. The FC series goal is to be a leading edge, community development platform for RedHat, ie - free labor pool for RedHat. :-) -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. speech recognition software may have been used to create this e-mail "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." - Brandeis To think contrary to one's era is heroism. But to speak against it is madness. -- Eugene Ionesco
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:02:45AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:50:53AM +0700, Aramico wrote:
Friends, any idea where can I download the isos for RHEL AS 4, ES 4 ?
You probably can't, since those are RedHat's "for money only" releases. Yes, they are still open source, You can download the source, but no ISOs are available.
Closest you can come would be FC4 (Fedora Core 4) or FC5 now in final test.
Another option is White Box Linux, a distro based on the RedHat source code. Dunno if its really equivalent to the RedHat Enterprise products you are asking about but that seems to be their goal, whereas the FC series are not intended to be the same as the enterprise products. The FC series goal is to be a leading edge, community development platform for RedHat, ie - free labor pool for RedHat. :-)
-- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. <snip>
Another vendor is centos.org. The take the RH source rpm's and build a free distro. Bill
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:02:45AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
Friends, any idea where can I download the isos for RHEL AS 4, ES 4 ? You probably can't, since those are RedHat's "for money only" releases. Yes, they are still open source, You can download the source, but no ISOs are available.
Yeah, that's pretty much it. My understanding is that the ISOs are only available via RHN's Easy ISO area. I don't recall if you can get a RHN account without purchasing some version of RHEL, but I'd guess not.
Another option is White Box Linux, a distro based on the RedHat source code.
There's also CentOS. I believe both of them essentially take the source rpms, change any appropriate bits, and redistribute. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: Futurama is brought to you by Thompson's Teeth, the only teeth strong enough to eat other teeth.
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