[Redux]: What is the best file encryption for linux?

[Walter Dnes]

  What I settled on was...

* move directory ~/.getmail/ to /dev/shm and make a symlink to ~/.getmail
  from /dev/shm/.getmail/

* I also moved /etc/ppp/pap-secrets (for my dialup account with 295.ca)
  to /dev/shm/.getmail/pap-secrets and created a symlink at the original
  location

* I moved another file with sensitive data into /dev/shm/.getmail

* Then I zipped /dev/shm/.getmail/ and gpg-encrypted the zip file with
  a long passphrase

* I renamed the encrypted file to something totally unrelated, including
  a different file type

* There's one copy of the file on a USB key and one copy on the netbook
  "hidden in plain sight".

* I wiped /dev/shm clean and did the decoding+unzipping to get the
  /dev/shm/.getmail/ directory back, complete with files.

* I tested the dialup connection, and downloaded email (I use cotse.net)

  Things seem to be working OK.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>
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