Re: Can I give password when gzip files?

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 04/29/05 

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:36:09 -0400

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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:15:08 -0400, Ross
  <Ross@nospam.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> Could I set a password when I am compressing a file using gzip, so that
> people need put the password when uncompressing it?
> As you know, WinZip can do this. But I don't know if/how I can do this with
> gzip.
> Thanks in advance,
> Ross
>
>
I don't see the words "password" or "crypt" in my gzip man page either.
You could gzip a file and encrypt it with gpg, or you could use zip.
If security is important, I would recommend the former as zip
encryption is known to be weak. Use the latter if you have to send the
file to friends who use Windows. 

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