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Old 02-25-2009
PGP query with SDA
Hi
I have a requirement to have a script which will encrypt a file on my HPUX server in such a way that the receiver of the file only has to enter a passphrase to decrypt (no swapping of keys, etc.) Ideally, I want to use some free software to perform the task.

From what I have read so far, the way to do this involves encrypting it using PGP Self Decrypting Archive (SDA) which allows users to send conventionally encrypted files to people who do not have PGP installed.

However I don't know what tool to use on a HP-UX platform to achieve this. GnuGp might be the way to go, but I don't know if it supports SDA or how successful it is on HP-UX.

All advice welcome
TIA
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amcrypt

AMCRYPT(8)						  System Administration Commands						AMCRYPT(8)

NAME

       amcrypt - reference crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption

SYNOPSIS

       amcrypt

DESCRIPTION

       amcrypt requires aespipe, uuencode and gpg to work. Aespipe is available from : http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net

       amcrypt will search for the aespipe program in the following directories: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin.

       amcrypt calls amaespipe and pass the passphrase through file descriptor 3. The passphrase should be stored in ~amanda/.am_passphrase.

HOW TO CREATE ENCRYPTION KEYS FOR AMCRYPT

       1. Create 65 random encryption keys and encrypt those keys using gpg. Reading from /dev/random may take indefinitely long if kernel's
       random entropy pool is empty. If that happens, do some other work on some other console (use keyboard, mouse and disks).

       head -c 2925 /dev/random | uuencode -m - | head -n 66 | tail -n 65  | gpg --symmetric -a > ~amanda/.gnupg/am_key.gpg

       This will ask for a passphrase. Remember this passphrase as you will need it in the next step.

       2. Store the passphrase inside the home-directory of the AMANDA-user and protect it with proper permissions:
       echo my_secret_passphrase > ~amanda/.am_passphrase
       chown amanda:disk ~amanda/.am_passphrase
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KEY AND PASSPHRASE

       amcrypt uses the same key to encrypt and decrypt data.

       It is very important to store and protect the key and the passphrase properly. Encrypted backup data can only be recovered with the correct
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SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), aespipe(1), amaespipe(8), gpg(1)

       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHOR

       Kevin Till <kevin.till@zmanda.com>
	   Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

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