Simple Encryption in Ubuntu 8.04

May 4th, 2008

I must be really dense or something to have not noticed the Encryption option in the right click context menu. Anyways, 8.04’s new keyring manager made some things easier.

Key making

First, you should make a key. Go to Applications>Accessories> Passwords and Encryption keys.

In the menu, click Key> Create New Key. Since you’re using this one for encryption, keep the type as PGP and click continue.

The next two dialogs will be the information for the key and the password. Fill it in and you’ll have a key.

Encrypting/Decrypting

Right click the file or folder and click encrypt, then choose the key you’re going to use. After you click ok it should be encrypted. (If it’s a folder it’ll ask for packaging)

Decryption is a simple matter of double clicking the .pgp file and giving the password.

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14 Responses to “Simple Encryption in Ubuntu 8.04”

  1. TheGuyWhoGotOn Says:
    May 5th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Thanks this helped me out :)

  2. Logiciel Libre » Blog Archive » Ubuntu and Encryption Says:
    May 26th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    […] If you only need to encrypt a single file, just right-click on the file in the File Browser and click “Encrypt”. […]

  3. ped Says:
    June 27th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    thanks a lot. i hope this works.

  4. Ziggy Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 7:46 am

    Thank you! Finally somebody simplified it enough for this newbie.

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    April 17th, 2009 at 2:09 am

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  10. william Says:
    August 27th, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Don’t forget to delete the original file once the encrypted file is created. Opening the encrypted file with the correct password creates another copy of the original. Very good………….

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