Re: [PLUG] Server credential storage best practices

[Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>]

On 2012-04-17 11:28, Douglas Muth wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>
> wrote:
> > I use 2 bash scripts and a credential file encrypted in AES256 via 
> > openssl.
> > Eventually, I keep the credential file in dropbox and my servers.
>
> I have a question: why openssl?  Why not use GnuPG or something more
> appropriate to the task?

Because openssl is installed by default everywhere. So I can open my 
credentials from anywhere.

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Julien Vehent - http://1nw.eu/!j
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