WTF pgp

[Red Squirrel]

wow this is lame. I have this "pgp disk" I use to store backups of confidential data such as source code and what not. I had to blow away my profile for unrelated issues and I don't backup my profile given I don't store files in my documents and all that, all that is on my server.

Turns out pgp stores some kind of data in the profile that is now gone, so I can't open that pgp disk even though I KNOW THE PASSCODE!

WTF? That's unsuitable language removed design if you ask me. Nothing important should ever be stored in a profile. It was not really THAT important as the active source code is still accessible, but still, that's really retarded that it's designed that way.

Any way to fix that so the disk is strictly a pass code and nothing but a pass code? no profile crap. The whole point of this is I store it on external media and if my whole PC craps out, I'll be able to access the data, but if it relies on the profile, that's quite retarded.


Keep the language toned down in the technical sections of the forum, thanks :beer:

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[xSauronx]

didnt know that about pgp but if you just want password encryption use truecrypt?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah I'll probably swap to something simpler. Been wanting to check into Linux encryption as well. All my automated backups are through Linux and arn't encrypted. These particular backups were "offsite" manual backups. Every now and then I'd update it and upload it to my online server. So not a big loss, more of a piss off as I could have really lost valuable data if I depended on this more.

 

[Nothinman]

Nothing important should ever be stored in a profile.

Where else should they store it? People have had similar issues when they reinstalled Windows and lost their EFS encrypted files because the key is stored with their user account, they should've RTFM just like you.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Nothing important should ever be stored in a profile.

Where else should they store it? People have had similar issues when they reinstalled Windows and lost their EFS encrypted files because the key is stored with their user account, they should've RTFM just like you.

Why have such a key, that's the whole point of a password encrypted disk. I know the password, so it should let me in. This is something that just got slid under my nose. If there is something important it should at least tell me where it is, or ask me where to save it.