Editing over terminal + encryption

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isolder

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Ok guys.

I have a file that I want to be able to frequently edit and change, from any terminal i'm at, like at school or work. Right now I have terminal access turned on and I use putty inh windows from my other computer to get into my server here and edit the file. I use just pico though.

My issue here though, is that the file is not encrypted. Is there anyway I can have the file encrypted so that if it were tried to open locally from the host comptuer it would like jibberish, and coudl only be opened through the terminal using a special encryption key/password that Is et up?
 
You could try GPG, available at http://www.gnupg.org. It's got quite a few features, including the ability to encrypt a file with a symmetric password - i.e. the same password is used to encrypt and decrypt the file. The only disadvantage of GPG is getting it compiled and installed. Unfortunately, it's been a while since I set it up, so I don't remember all the subtleties.
 
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