2009/1/14 Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net>:
> As a matter of interest, what do you recommend for encryption?
GPG:
http://gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html
A quick guide to getting started:
http://www.tlug.jp/ML/0209/msg00000.html
> [I encrypt financial information with "vim -x"
> but I have never looked into the safety of this.]
That is a new one to me. I don't know what algorithm vim uses, but I'd
recommend GPG instead, as it implements well-understood crypto
algorithms that have passed plenty of cryptanalysis.
--
Cheers,
Josh
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