On 08/12/2014 07:17 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 08/11/2014 04:57 PM, ellanios82 wrote:
- Can one conclude that best practice would suggest ? :
1. Upon encryption Save to New Name
2. Delete original un-encrypted file ????? If you are encrypting, think about the purpose. What is the point of keeping the cleartext around?
What? Oh right. The crypttext is for transmission and will be deleted after a copy has been sent, but keep the cleartext around.
There this not such thing as a*BEST* practice. That is a term invented by the Big Four to make out that They Know What's Best.
There is no best, there is only what's good for you in your circumstances, for your application.
I keep saying Context is Everything and that applies here too.
- Thank you, Because, one needs so many user-names and passwords : My.Yahoo, Google, Bank, etc., etc. : until now it had seemed reasonable to keep in text-file . . . but one reads frightening stuff like hackers scooping millions of passwords : thus, it seemed not excessive to think about using PGP to encrypt that text-file : this text-file might have to be decrypted and again re-encrypted several times a day - but, perhaps this is not a good way : maybe an Linux specialized password-wallet is a better way to consider ? ............ regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org