Encrypting a dir to copy to DVD

Ravilj · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: Encrypting a dir to copy to DVD

Ok I need some suggestions here:

I have a folder which I would like to backup to a DVD however I want to encrypt the files before I copy them to the DVD. The data is round 700Mb and slowly growing. I dont need successive versions of the directory. The data does not need to be encrypted on my pc just on the DVD.

The way I see it I have these 2 options:
1. compress the dir with password
2. encrypt the dir

So what would you suggest?

Shopro · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:55 am Post subject:

I've been using gnupg and kgpg to do similar things, basically it just compresses the dir i.e to bzip2 and then encrypts it, leaving you only one encrypted file. Never done it with 700mb dir though. It will work, but it might be time consuming. And there might be better ways to do it. Maybe through loop.
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fangorn · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 1886

There is a howto in the DT&T for making an encrypted container you can burn to cd/dvd and mount as a real drive later on. Pretty neat thing :wink:

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Ravilj · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject:

DT&T? I am very keen on this.

Shopro · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 5:56 am Post subject:

DT&T = Documentation, Tips & Tricks forum here.
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