How to Encrypt Files on Linux?

 How to encrypt files on linux?

There are various commands for encrypting files on Linux. You can use file permission option to limit the access of file contents but the more effective limiting of access on files can be done by choosing the file encryption option. The encryption of files in Linux means that a file is altered with commands and tools of Linux and it is unusable and unreadable for everyone unless the owner did not reverse the process of encryption. The size of the file is not reduced while encryption in Linux unless compression is not used for it. The encryption might make some files larger.

 

While preparing the file to encrypt there are some things which you need to keep in mind and those are how you intend to use it, how to manage keys of file decryption, and check whether the original file remains in the original system or replace from the place after encryption. Every user’s top priority is security and the user wants to secure sensitive information.