Encryption

[Kevin Holland]

Sorry I was gone this weekend,
But this is statement is correct.  I don't want to encrypt the traffic
just the contents of a tar archive.  The archive is on an ftp server
where an anonymous person can log in and download anything.  I just want
to keep people from snooping around in the update files.  I understand
that someone determined to get into them probably will, I just want to
keep out the less determined people. 
 I want something where I can create the archive run it through an
encryption utility, then upload it to the ftp server.  Then my embedded
board will download it and run it through its decryption utility and
make the needed updates.

I hope this is clearer to everyone.

Kevin

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 09:24 +0100, Goetz Bock wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 01 '08 at 16:50, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > that's a stupid (and incorrect) analogy
> 
> yes, it is a stupid analogy, but it's not incorrect.
> 
> > if it's a public FTP, then there's nothing to be secured.  if someone is 
> > sniffing traffic and the traffic is encrypted, then the attacker merely needs 
> > to go to the public FTP and fetch the files themselves.
> 
> For me it was so very obviose that OP did not want to encrypt the
> traffic but the file.
> 
> OP has a public ftp server (ftp.company.com) where he would like to
> place the update files. While there everyone can get the file, they
> should not be able to _USE_ them. So encryption is what he asked for. 
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