> > tar does not do encryption. Anything out there that compresses and > > encrypts in a standard format and is free? > > zip might be what you want. However, note that zip is not particularly strong > in this regard, so you might want to use gpg and the archiving utility of your > choice instead. Is there a free windows utillity that will decrypt gpg? I have a Mysql/PHP database running on Centos. Its mostly accessed by Windows based PC's. I want to add an option to backup, compress, encrypt then post for download the database. Likely downloaded to a Windows PC. Matt