From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 20 14:34:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B048016A43B for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 14:34:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89CE43D6D for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 14:34:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24D995DAC; Sat, 20 May 2006 10:34:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0Z1ORE4orZ1j; Sat, 20 May 2006 10:34:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.251] (pool-68-160-242-211.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.160.242.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BACB5D69; Sat, 20 May 2006 10:34:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <446F2904.5010801@mac.com> Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 10:34:44 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Imran Imtiaz References: <200605201410.k4KEAvLc015186@darkstar.thelakecity.com.pk> In-Reply-To: <200605201410.k4KEAvLc015186@darkstar.thelakecity.com.pk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: encrypting files with a phrase X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 14:34:56 -0000 Imran Imtiaz wrote: > how can i encrypt files on freebsd by using a password phrase so the if some one needs to decrypt the file he can decrypt with the phrase given. > There is a program called crypt which comes with FreeBSD which provides basic single-rotor encryption, which is fine for casual use but can be decrypted via bigram/trigram analysis easily by someone who knows what they are doing. If you want strong encryption, look towards GnuPG from security/gnupg, or possibly towards OpenPGP or even the commercial variant. -- -Chuck