On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 15:22, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > Need suggestions for a good lockbox -- a specialized application or an > appropriate technique for locking away sensitive personal information. > > I am not normally a paranoid security freak. I keep my single user (most > of the time) desktop and Internet system fairly open and loose. > However, I would like to create one secure file or folder in which I can > record as text things like a long list of user names and passwords for > web sites -- to range from minor not often used sites, to Bank Accounts, > paypal, some personal data with serial numbers etc. > > Is there a special program that exists for creating and locking up such > a file without interfering with my generally open way of doing things? > Any recommendations graciously received. If you want something really simple, there is: vi -x filename It will prompt for the encryption key and keep the file copy encrypted. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx