How to Encrypt and Decrypt Files and Directories Using Tar and OpenSSL

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When you have important sensitive data, then its crucial to have an extra layer of security to your files and directories, specially when you need to transmit the data with others over a network.

That’s the reason, I am looking for a utility to encrypt and decrypt certain files and directories in Linux, luckily I found a solution that tar with OpenSSL can do the trick, yes with the help of these two tools you can easily create and encrypt tar archive file without any hassle.

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