Comments on: Encrypt your backup files for top security using GPG http://www.linuxadmin.org/blog/encrypt-your-backup-files-for-top-security-using-gpg/ Server management news, tips and guides Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Zyden http://www.linuxadmin.org/blog/encrypt-your-backup-files-for-top-security-using-gpg/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Zyden Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:03:12 +0000 http://www.linuxadmin.org/blog/?p=30#comment-1723 Hello, I know this is an old post- but dont you suppose encrypting with a public key would be safer ? If im not mistaken, the passhrase in this situation could be used to decrypt the files as well, can it not? Creating a gpg profile for the backup process means u can sign it and put it anywhere... encrypted with your public key ofcourse... which means- the only one who can decrypt the file is you and you can verify its authenticity... Forgive me if im wrong, im just starting to grasp gpg and pgp concept... Hello, I know this is an old post- but dont you suppose encrypting with a public key would be safer ? If im not mistaken, the passhrase in this situation could be used to decrypt the files as well, can it not?

Creating a gpg profile for the backup process means u can sign it and put it anywhere… encrypted with your public key ofcourse… which means- the only one who can decrypt the file is you and you can verify its authenticity…

Forgive me if im wrong, im just starting to grasp gpg and pgp concept…

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