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OpenSSL encrypt: use openssl to encrypt a file using our best symmetric settings

https://github.com/sixarm/openssl-encrypt

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OpenSSL encrypt: use openssl to encrypt a file using our best symmetric settings

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  • Host: GitHub
  • Owner: SixArm
  • Language: Shell
  • Default Branch: main
  • Size: 8.79 KB
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  • Watchers: 2
  • Forks: 2
  • Open Issues: 0
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Created over 8 years ago · Last pushed about 1 year ago
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openssl-encrypt:
encrypt a file using our best settings

Syntax:

openssl-encrypt <input file path> [output file path]

Example:

$ openssl-encrypt example.txt

Output is a new encrypted file:

example.txt.aes

To decrypt the file:

$ openssl-decrypt example.txt.aes

Settings

  • Symmetric encryption, i.e. we use the same password for encryption and decryption. We choose this because our users can understand symmetric more easily than asymmetic.

  • Encryption using the aes-256-cbc cipher algorithm. We choose this because it's a good balance of strong, fast, and portable.

  • Message digest using SHA-256. We choose this because it's the current default of the current openssl tool, and we set it explicity because openssl versions have different defaults.

  • Salt that is randomly generated.

  • The output file path defaults to the input file path with suffix ".aes".

Command

The command is:

openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -md sha256
  -in "example.txt"
  -out "example.txt.aes"

See also

These commands are similar:

  • gpg-encrypt: use GPG to encrypt a file using our best settings.

  • gpg-decrypt: use GPG to decrypt a file using our best settings.

  • openssl-encrypt: use OpenSLL to encrypt a file using our best settings.

  • openssl-decrypt: use OpenSSL to decrypt a file using our best settings.

Tracking

  • Command: openssl-encrypt
  • Version: 2.0.0
  • Created: 2017-09-14
  • Updated: 2017-11-27
  • License: GPL
  • Contact: Joel Parker Henderson (joel@joelparkerhenderson.com)

Owner

  • Name: SixArm
  • Login: SixArm
  • Kind: organization
  • Email: sixarm@sixarm.com
  • Location: San Francisco

SixArm Software

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