On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 22:44 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Christian Burger wrote: > >>Robin Laing wrote: > >> > >>>What about truecrypt? > >>> > >>>http://www.truecrypt.org/ > >>> > >>>If I was making a backup, I would tar and encrypt as explained before > >>>and then RAR the files to make the files sizes easier to deal with. > >>> > >>>Just a thought. > >> > >>After encryption, it isn't going to compress. > >> > >>Mike > > > > > > Nope not much if any... but rar will chunk it into 650 meg or whatever size > > Not any. In fact, it will grow. > > > chunks that are desired.... > > So will split, which is a standard distribution, whereas rar is > not. If you want to be able to verify with some sort of check > sum, then md5sum or sha1 are superior for that, and are also > standard distribution. > > Use the right tool for the job. > > Mike Sorry for the late response but moving from Thunderbird :) :) to evolution :( :( and still trying to get it to work. One thing that RAR offers that split doesn't is a way to check and repair files. Basic encryption is also offered. Better than zip though.
