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Re: [ITP] bcrypt-1.1 -- Cross platform file encryption utility using blowfish


* Thu 2007-08-30 jari aalto-w6EBCRcXQ4deoWH0uzbU5w <jari.aalto-w6EBCRcXQ4deoWH0uzbU5w AT public.gmane.org>
* Message-Id: abs9upp7.fsf AT cante.net
> Included in Debian stable
>
>   http://packages.debian.org/bcrypt
>
> Jari
>
> sdesc: "Cross platform file encryption utility using blowfish"
> ldesc: "A cross platform file encryption utility. Encrypted files
> are portable across all supported operating systems and processors. In
> addition to encrypting your data, bcrypt will by default overwrite the
> original input file with random garbage three times before deleting it
> in order to thwart data recovery attempts by persons who may gain
> access to your computer. Bcrypt uses the blowfish encryption algorithm
> published by Bruce Schneier in 1993."
> category: Security
> requires: cygwin zlib
>
> a) manual
>   wget        \
>     http://cygwin.cante.net/bcrypt/bcrypt-1.1-1.tar.bz2 \
>     http://cygwin.cante.net/bcrypt/bcrypt-1.1-1-src.tar.bz2 \
>     http://cygwin.cante.net/bcrypt/setup.hint
>
> b) automated for review
>
>   gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 955A92D8
>
>   mkdir bcrypt ; cd bcrypt
>   rm -f get.sh get.sh.sig
>   wget    http://cygwin.cante.net/bcrypt/get.sh \
>           http://cygwin.cante.net/bcrypt/get.sh.sig &&
>   gpg --verify get.sh.sig get.sh &&
>   sh get.sh

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