Category: Encryption

  • Key-based OpenVPN for OSX/Linux/QNAP Howto

    I’ve had excellent luck setting up a key-based authentication VPN for my home network, which is distributed across the country and consists of Linux, Mac (OS X), and QNAP nodes.  What, you ask, does “key-based authentication” refer to?  It means that I do not allow people to enter passwords.  Instead, clients must possess the proper key,…

  • Ubiquitous Encryption with GPG

    Because its easy, and because it provides so many benefits, i now try to use encryption everywhere. GPG is my tool of choice; i actually don’t even know what other options there are. Here are some things I have found to be useful: Password management.  I use the pass application for this.  After installing gpg, i just…