Question:encryption tool

[Anders Gulden Olstad]

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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.

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