[NTLUG:Discuss] my bad - my real subject is security in tar or gzip or something like that

[Jim Williams]

Not Linux specific but specific to the GNU version of zip maybe. That 
version of zip can then be compiled on any UNIX or even Windoze to 
access the file. Another option would be to encrypt the file with GPG 
after zipping it but you'd just end up doubling the work to zip and unzip.

Fred James wrote:

> ...couple of problems:
> (1) this seems to be Linux specific, not UNIX in general, though I might 
> be able to get around that.
> (2) I would be applying this to binary data files (Oracle to be 
> specific), and that sounds a little scary - any experience along those 
> lines?
> 
> 
> George Lass wrote:
> 
>> man zip.....
>>
>>        -e     Encrypt the contents of the  zip  archive  using  a
>>               password  which  is  entered  on  the  terminal  in
>>               response to a prompt (this will not be  echoed;  if
>>               standard  error is not a tty, zip will exit with an
>>               error).  The password prompt is  repeated  to  save
>>               the user from typing errors.
>>
>>
>>
>> Fred James wrote:
>>
>>> (I FUBAR'd on my first attempt to send this to the list - my subject
>>> line was "password" - I apologize to anyone I have inconvenienced.)
>>>
>>> Anybody know anything about a password protected tar or gzip or
>>> something like that?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> "Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates
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