Tag: encryption
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How to Use a Yubikey with Libre Office for OpenPGP Encryption
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the above blog, it was seen that libre office reads the ~/.gnupg home directory of GPG in order to encrypt/decrypt. This may be stolen by malware since it is located in a standard place. It possible however, to shift the private sub key to a Yubikey’s OpenPGP card module. By doing…
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How to Use OpenPGP Symmetric Encryption with Libre Office and Linux
Reading Time: 3 minutesBenefits The benefits for using public/private symmetric encryption with libre office are; – Steps Generate a public/private GPG key pair; – If you use windows you will have to figure this out on your own, since i am on linux mint. You could use a graphical user interface like Sea Horse to…
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How to Backup Work Files in Linux Desktops
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen backing up, our work files should be in dvd sized folders. This allows us to create an image and burn to dvd. We should use the linux disk dump tool, to duplicate entire sdcards. We get the benefits of optical backups where data can last a lifetime. We also get the…