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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: encrypt a directory
Message-ID: <16335@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 4 Jun 91 03:41:07 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.181239.283@csn.org> <zfgo01.675994043@hgo7>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <zfgo01.675994043@hgo7> zfgo01@hgo7.hou.amoco.com (F. G. Oakes) writes:
>might be a bit kludgy, but what comes to mind is to archive it ( the directory)
>into a file, encrypt the file, and remove the directory and its files.

That's not at all kludgy; it's a reasonable solution for a silly problem..