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  • 1.  File encryption in AIX

    Posted Thu July 23, 2009 10:58 AM

    Originally posted by: telu_srinivas


    How can i encrypt a file in AIX ?
    could anyone help me, is there any command to encrypt a file in AIX ?
    We are using AIX 5.3 TL -08

    Thanks
    Srini.
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  • 2.  Re: File encryption in AIX

    Posted Thu July 23, 2009 12:09 PM

    Originally posted by: CRM


    In AIX 6.1 you could place the file into an encrypted file system:

    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-efs/

    For AIX 5.3 there is nothing I can think of that would do this out of the box.

    What are you trying to achieve? If the file needs to be encrypted at rest you could use tape/disk subsystem encryption. If the data needs to be encrypted then applications (e.g. DB2) can encrypt the data for you. What are the requirements?

    If you do need to encrypt the file then maybe one of the open source programs may help, something like the zip or gzip, sorry not sure.

    regards

    Chris
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  • 3.  Re: File encryption in AIX

    Posted Thu July 23, 2009 12:33 PM

    Originally posted by: telu_srinivas


    Thanks for your reply chris.
    That information about EFS will be helpful for future ref.
    The reason for asking this question is our developers work on some client's confidential data. And i was asked by my managerr, whether is there any way to encyprt certain files to restict to view only authorized users.
    regards

    Srini.
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