Encryption News and Articles

OpenSSL with Bash

Using the OpenSSL toolkit with Bash

Cryptography is an important part of IT security, and OpenSSL is a well-known cryptography toolkit for Linux. Experts depend on OpenSSL because it is free, it has huge capabilities, and it’s easy to use in Bash scripts.

Rescue Me

When I was thinking about ways you could rescue your system with Linux, the thought occurred to me: Why not rescue your life? Because that’s what Linux can do for you.

Testing Password Quality

Creating secure passwords and testing their quality

Create secure passwords with the help of a password generator and check for quality at the same time.

UEFI and Secure Boot

No Free Boots

The imminent Windows 8 implementation of UEFI with Secure Boot adds an extra layer of complexity for some Linux users. We look at the problem and two solutions from Fedora and Canonical.

Protect your Documents with GPG

GPG

You may have already tried PGP/GPG public key encryption for documents or mail, but do you know what’s going on under the hood and what level of security you’re actually getting? We take an in-depth look at GnuPG encryption.