Tag: encryption

All the articles with the tag "encryption".

• Encrypting Linux: from a hack 20+ years ago to firewalls, LUKS and Veracrypt

  11 Oct, 2026

  A personal Linux security story — how a break-in 20+ years ago pushed me from detecting tampering (tripwire) to preventing it: firewall first, then LUKS full-disk encryption, Veracrypt USB volumes, the threat model and its honest limits, and a daily rsync backup between two encrypted disks

• Happy Birthday, Linux — My Journey from AIX to Arch

  28 Aug, 2026

  A 35-year personal journey with Linux — from AIX at IBM and getting hacked, to the security habit it forged, the distro years ending at Arch, and every machine now Arch Linux

• GPG/ GnuPG Practice

  6 Sep, 2025

  GPG’s all about importing/exporting keys, checking keys’ details, knowing public keys encrypt and secret keys decrypt. Handle secret keys carefully - backup and store them safe. I learned most from AI chats but ran all commands myself. Sharing this makes crypto less scary and more practical.