Re: Encrypted File Storage

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]



On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 05:23:48PM +0000, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> Anyone got any experience/suggestions for a way to store a directory of
> sensitive information on a CentOS box? This directory contains many scripts
> and output files, I need it backed up but not unencrypted and don't want
> to store it in a tar file type archive as when it needs to be accessed and
> have scripts executed/data generated, it needs to be untarred/unencrypted and
> I don't know the ramifications of this wrt recovery once its retarred and deleted.
> I was hoping it could be stored somehow such that it was decrypted on the fly when
> needed by entering a pass/keyphrase before use.
> 
> Thus it could be backed up and remain encrypted. Is dm-crypt the simplest option
> here?

If you want to backup the directory while it is still encrypted (not
mounted), look for encfs.

But I prefer luks myself (uses dm-crypt).

-- 
lfr
0/0

Attachment: pgpTYGcmIvQdv.pgp
Description: PGP signature

_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[Index of Archives]     [CentOS]     [CentOS Announce]     [CentOS Development]     [CentOS ARM Devel]     [CentOS Docs]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Carrier Grade Linux]     [Linux Media]     [Asterisk]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Xorg]     [Linux USB]
  Powered by Linux