Age is a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool, format, and Go library

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Post by gjvc » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 10:42 PM UTC

Age is a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool, format, and Go library
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Post by ashconnor » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 3:54 AM UTC

Rust version: https://github.com/str4d/rage

Re: Age is a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool, format, and Go library

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Post by e3bc54b2 » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 6:29 AM UTC

Age (and its rust implementation Rage) combined with agenix[0] and age.el[1] has made my self-hosted deployment and management so, so easy without compromising security. That, when combined with general NixOS conveniences is why I'm able to self-host at all. If not for these, just the anxiety of having to setup new server in case of whatever loss and the associated time/opportunity loss kept me from dong the same for years.

Anyway, just want to say that Age is great!

P.S. The author also did an analysis of Restic the backup tool [2] which also prompted me to setup nice backup solution for my machines. Pretty cool.

[0]: https://github.com/ryantm/agenix

[1]: https://github.com/anticomputer/age.el

[2]: https://words.filippo.io/restic-cryptography/

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Post by lifeisstillgood » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 6:31 AM UTC

Recommended in here I believe:

https://www.latacora.com/blog/2020/03/12/the-soc-starting/

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Post by rcarmo » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 6:53 AM UTC

ashconnor wrote: post #2

Rust version: https://github.com/str4d/rage

Such an appropriate name.

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Post by fmajid » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 6:55 AM UTC

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #4

Recommended in here I believe: https://www.latacora.com/blog/2020/03/12/the-soc-starting/

No, it’s here (scroll all the way to the bottom):

https://www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem/

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Post by aborsy » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 7:00 AM UTC

When will there be a post quantum version, or a plugin by the same author?

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Post by lf-non » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 7:39 AM UTC

There is also an official typescript implementation [1] and sops supports it natively [2].

[1] https://github.com/FiloSottile/typage

[2] https://github.com/getsops/sops?tab=readme-ov-file#encryptin...

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Post by ggpsv » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 7:49 AM UTC

e3bc54b2 wrote: post #3

Age (and its rust implementation Rage) combined with agenix[0] and age.el[1] has made my self-hosted deployment and management so, so easy without compromising security. That, when combined with general NixOS conveniences is why I'm able to self-host at all. If not for these, just the anxiety of having to setup new server in case of whatever loss and the associated time/opportunity loss kept me from dong the same for…

Can you elaborate on how age (and the downstream packages) has made a difference in your workflows?

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Post by kitd » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 7:56 AM UTC

> The author pronounces it [aɡe̞] with a hard g, like GIF

Lol, or 'git' according to one of my more sensitive colleagues.