encrypting

[Mel Seder]

--- Michael Murray <mmurray-Dxt6bYU2+dosA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Seems to me that this is something that could be scripted somewhat
> easily
> using either a somewhat sophisticated bash script, or something in
> python or
> perl.  
> 
> It's trivial (though time consuming) to do manually, and I'm always
> one to
> spend the time up-front automating something like this, if it's to be
> done
> often.
> 
> > > I'd like to 
> > >    a) securely encrypt it
> 
> As someone else suggested, gpg would be good for this.
> 
> > >    b) erase original text file
> 
> http://wipe.sourceforge.net/
> 
> > >    c) put encrypted file on the Internet
> 
> Easy to script using SSH, curl, or any other mechanism.  SSH with key
> exchange gives you the freedom to upload and download interactively.
> 
> > >       wait until another change has been made
> 
> Auto-detection using MD5 checksums...

Checksums are a smart idea.  I don't think I'll need it for this
problem but a good way to tell if a file changed.  Thanks.


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