* Stefan Weiss wrote [11.07.11 17:38]: Hi, >> Use openssl/gnupg/gnutls. > > I understand that you don't want to include deprecated packages. > Unfortunately, none of the mentioned alternatives are very useful for > simple symmetric stream encryption. I suppose I could set up an > assymetric scheme with private and public keys, but that feels like > overkill for a dd backup.
I beg to differ. dd ... | gpg -c > /tmp/output works Use gpg -d /tmp/output to decrypt the file. or dd ... | openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -out /tmp/output Use openssl aes-256-cbc -d -in /tmp/output to decrypt the file. > I'm going to try and add TrueCrypt to my Grml USB stick myself. Up until > now, I've been a purely passive Grml user... I've never changed any of > the defaults, apart from --bootoptions. I guess I could just store the > .deb somewhere and install it when I need it. If there's a simple way to > make the installation "stick", could you point me to the relevant part > of the docs? There are multiple options, first use the persistent bootoption, see http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=persistency OTOH you can place debs in a specific folder/partition and they will be installed automatically. See http://grml.org/config/grml-autoconfig.1.html for the list of bootoptions. Ulrich -- twitter: @mr_ud | identica: @mru IRCNet: mru | freenode: mrud _______________________________________________ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://grml.supersized.org/