Encrypt file while you are using it

[Kent Borg]

Manuel Gomez wrote:
> Hi, i would like to maintain encrypt an archive in all moment, so i
> would like to know what software can be this.
>
> Now i am using Truecrypt, but when i mount the encrypted directory it's
> vulnerable. I want to mount the file and that the file can remains
> encrypt.
>   

If I understand the question, you are already doing what is possible.

A file can be encrypted. Given the key it can be decrypted. Encrypted it 
again, throw away they key and the plaintext, and you are back where you 
started. I don't see how you can access a the plaintext without the 
plaintext being present and so also being potentially vulnerable to others.

That is why, in addition to encryption, you need to have a secure 
computer: Be careful what software you install (less is better), be 
careful how you configure it, and keep your software up to date. Don't 
recycle passwords on different systems. Don't type passwords you care 
about on keyboards you don't control.


-kb, the Kent who doesn't login to his home Ubuntu computer from his 
Windows computer at work because he doesn't fully control that 
computer's configuration and he generally doesn't trust Windows, instead 
he uses the tiny Ubuntu notebook he carries with wherever he goes.