encrypt a directory

[Dan_Jacobson at ATT.COM]

>>>>> On 3 Jun 91 18:12:39 GMT, sullivan at csn.org (Steve Sullivan) said:

Steve> Is there a way to encrypt a directory, so that it
Steve> and all files & dirs below it are completely 
Steve> inaccessable to anyone?  This would be much preferred
Steve> to encrypting all files in a large tree.

Maybe encrypt a tar(1) or cpio(1) archive of the directory.