Greg, Do you need a very strong encryption? If not, and if you really want to use something that your grandchildren can unscramble, use something simple like rot13 which will never become obsoleted. It's a little like locking your door with a hook and eye. Chuck On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > > I have some files that I want to put on an encrypted file system. The > file containing this encrypted fs would then be run through mkisofs to > make the iso image, which would then be of course run through cdrecord > to burn the cd. > > I'm wondering which encryption method to use. Ideally, I'd like to be > able to read this back 20 years from now, and it would be nice to > access this in windows as well, though that's not a requirement, since > I expect gnu/linux to be around for a long while (smile). > > The 2 encrypted fs methods I've found are cryptoloop, and dm-crypt. As > far as I understand, cryptoloop is better established, but has been > deprecated since linux 2.6.4. It has been superseded by dm-crypt, > which seems not to be as well established as cryptoloop, and not as well > tested, according to the cryptoloop howto. I'm wondering then which one I should use for the long term, > any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCvIJg7s9z/XlyUyARAr9dAJ9W5FfJKiJYFd7fPnoEWn85VdepLwCfcV9d > RH9bvxM5nnGy01FNtfHQKFk= > =ez5F > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (89% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
