Encryption is an interesting thing. The first time I saw encryption in action was on a friend’s Gentoo Linux laptop that could only boot if the USB key with the boot partition and decryption key was ...

This article, Protect your data with these five Linux encryption tools, originally appeared on TechRepublic.com. If you think data is more precious than ever, you should certainly consider its ...

The Let’s Encrypt initiative today announced that it is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project. The Linux Foundation is well-known as the home of Linux development, but it has also expanded ...

How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick. No ...

Cryptkeeper, a system tray applet for Linux users to manage EnCFS encrypted folders, has been found to have an embarrassing bug that sets the password for decrypting locked content as "p". EnCFS is a ...

In the Linux Journal article “Implementing Encrypted Home Directories” (August 2003), I described how to encrypt home directories transparently. This article describes how to implement another ...

Learn why at rest encryption doesn't mean encryption when your laptop is asleep. There are many steps you can take to harden a computer, and a common recommendation you'll see in hardening guides is ...

Debian developers are recommending that the Cryptkeeper Linux encryption app be pulled from the distribution after a universal password was found. A longtime Debian developer has recommended that the ...