file encryption and integrity check

[Eric]

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 17:46 +0100, Francesco Turco wrote:
> i'd like to know if gnupg is a good choice for encrypting files with a 
> password and if it is possible to check if an encrypted file is 
> corrupted or not (integrity check). my goal is to burn some files on cds 
> and protect them both from other people and from physical corruption of 
> the media.

If you want to check if an encrypted file is corrupted or not, MDC will
do that for you.

If you want to protect the files from physical corruption of the media,
you'll need to use some kind of error correction system.


Eric
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