How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick. No ...

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.

There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...

Ubuntu 8.10, the release of the popular Linux distribution due out Oct. 30 (and code-named Intrepid Ibex), will give every user an encrypted private directory by default, one that mounts with you at ...

When used correctly, encrypted filesystems can be an effective way to protect sensitive data stored on a computer. Standard encryption packages, such as the GNU ...

Nowadays we live in an interconnected world where social media networks and apps greatly reduce the distance between people. However, with the continuous advancement of computing, we now live in a ...

In the Linux Journal article “Implementing Encrypted Home Directories” (August 2003), I described how to encrypt home directories transparently. This article describes how to implement another ...

In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, I want to spend a bit of time talking about data encryption, focussing on how to achieve this ...

Researchers have exploited a flaw in the encryption procedure used by the Linux.Encoder.1 – the first ransomware targeting the Linux platform – to develop a decryption tool for victims. On Thursday, ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WinMagic ® Inc. (www.winmagic.com), an innovative leader in full-disk encryption (FDE), today announces the release of SecureDoc v5, the comprehensive full-disk encryption ...