encrypting files with a phrase

[Chuck Swiger]

Imran Imtiaz wrote:
> how can i encrypt files on freebsd by using a password phrase so the if some one needs to decrypt the file he can decrypt with the phrase given.
>   
There is a program called crypt which comes with FreeBSD which provides 
basic single-rotor encryption, which is fine for casual use but can be 
decrypted via bigram/trigram analysis easily by someone who knows what 
they are doing.  If you want strong encryption, look towards GnuPG from 
security/gnupg, or possibly towards OpenPGP or even the commercial variant.

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-Chuck