encrypting

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 08:54:14PM -0800, Mel Seder wrote:
> I have a text file that changes on a regular basis,  say once a day.
> 
> I'd like to 
>    a) securely encrypt it
>    b) erase original text file
>    c) put encrypted file on the Internet
>       wait until another change has been made
>    d) download it from the Internet
>    e) decrypt it
>    f) edit the resulting text file
>       go back to step a) and start over 
> 
> also,  is there a way to erase a text file so that it useless to anyone
> trying to take a peek at it after it has been deleted?
> 
> What would you suggest?

Is this going to be automated or done manually?

if it going to be automated it gets much more complex.

gpg makes sense for encrypting I think, depending on how many people
need to be able to retrieve and decrypt it.

Lennart Sorensen
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