Tar file encryption / zip file encryption / Tar file protection

Tar File Encryption / Zip File Encryption / Tar File Protection

 STEP 1 (Using the tar command on the directory /stuff)

         Suppose you have a directory /stuff
         To tar everything in stuff to create a ".tar" file.

         $ tar -cvf stuff.tar stuff

         Which will create "stuff.tar".

     STEP 2 (Using the tar command to create a ".tar.gz" of /stuff)

         $ tar -czf stuff.tar.gz stuff

     STEP 3 (List the files in the archive)

         $ tar -tzf stuff.tar.gz
              or
         $ tar -tf stuff.tar

     STEP 4 (A way to list specific files)

         Note, pipe the results to a file and edit

          $ tar -tzf stuff.tar.gz > mout

         Then, edit mout to only include the files you want

          $ tar -T mout -xzf stuff.tar.gz

         The above command will only get the files in mout.
         Of couse, if you want them all

          $ tar -xzf stuff.tar.gz

    STEP 5 (ENCRYPTION)

          $ tar -zcvf - stuff|openssl des3 -salt -k secretpassword | dd of=stuff.des3

         This will create stuff.des3...don't forget the password you
         put in place of  secretpassword. This can be done interactively as
         well.

           $ dd if=stuff.des3 |openssl des3 -d -k secretpassword|tar zxf -

    NOTE:  above there is a "-" at the end... this will
           extract everything.