password protection while creating .tar file?

How to protect my application backup facility with default password internally? Am using to create a ".tar.gz" file format by make use of the 'import tarfile'. Is there any object in it to set the pa开发者_高级运维ssword?

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Use GPG toll like that:

gpg -c file.tar

Then set the password.

To unprotect use:

gpg file.tar.gpg

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No. Use your choice of encryption tool on the resulting tarball.