[ale] Encrypting Large Files with pgp

[Brian Mathis]

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Michael Potter <michael at potter.name> wrote:
> All,
>
> I am having a hard time encrypting a 21GB file with pgp:
>
> here is the command line:
> When I attempt the 21GB db2 gzipped backup file:
> hostname: /backups#pgp -c MYFILE.gz
> Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8
> (c) 1999 Network Associates Inc.
> Uses the RSAREF(tm) Toolkit, which is copyright RSA Data Security, Inc.
> Export of this software may be restricted by the U.S. government.
>
> You need a pass phrase to encrypt the file.
> Enter pass phrase:
> Enter same pass phrase again:
> Encryption error
>
> For a usage summary, type:  pgp -h
> For more detailed help, consult the PGP User's Guide.
>
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> A smaller file that works:
> hostname: /backups#pgp -c MYFILE
> Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8
> (c) 1999 Network Associates Inc.
> Uses the RSAREF(tm) Toolkit, which is copyright RSA Data Security, Inc.
> Export of this software may be restricted by the U.S. government.
>
> You need a pass phrase to encrypt the file.
> Enter pass phrase:
> Enter same pass phrase again:
>
> Ciphertext file: MYFILE.pgp
>
> Any suggestions besides splitting the file?
>
> Michael Potter



That's an awfully old version of PGP, so I suspect the file is simply
too big.  Is there any reason you are not using GPG?  That would be
much more up to date and should support large files.


❧ Brian Mathis