Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:16:35 +0100 From: Anders Gulden Olstad <andersgo@alge.anart.no> To: Dak Ghatikachalam <dghatikachalam@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question:encryption tool Message-ID: <45D408D3.7020007@alge.anart.no> In-Reply-To: <ba29b9b40702051500x1e1b2fe6jd8e05d7058b536b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <ba29b9b40702051500x1e1b2fe6jd8e05d7058b536b7@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > Hi freebsd ers > > I am looking for any suggestion on using the right tool that I can use to > perform the encryption/decryption for flat files. > > We have a requirement to encrypt 15 flat files and be dumped on tape and be > stored in remote site facility for later business resumption. > > or in the crash/fire/emergency situation for the recovery purposes. > > For consistency I am planning to use the same tool across our Solaris, > Linux > and Freebsd OS oracle database environments. Go for GnuPG. We use that for securing our nightly database dumps, which are piped thru gpg. (We share backup server with several other systems.) The encryption is done to a public key, with the secret key secure locked away on some other location. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF1AjJMVyOPWVstbURAsAbAKCtN07O+PobPR9vT4kniWPQjluVXACg4QJN Di2Mlsz8OYzPaLCRSyzVNrQ= =wjTA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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