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From: kf_lists at secnetops.com (kf_lists)
Subject: Q: Linux Command Line Encryption

gpg --help

-KF


Joe Szilagyi wrote:

>Hi,
>
>What's the syntax to decrypt using this?
>
>Regards,
>Joe
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mike Tancsa" <mike@...tex.net>
>To: "Ali Campbell" <fdisclosure@...campbell.org.uk>;
><full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 1:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Q: Linux Command Line Encryption
>
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>At 01:48 PM 22/10/2004, Ali Campbell wrote:
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>>I need a Linux utility which I can use to encrypt a single gzipped file
>>via the command line. Obviously something open source would be preferable.
>>I'm not really interested in setting up a whole suite of stuff with
>>keyfiles and so on, and I don't need a public/private key setup, just
>>something quick and dirty with a single secret key for encryption and
>>decryption which is nevertheless reasonably strong.
>>    
>>
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>Whats wrong with openssl ?
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>openssl des3 -in test.txt -out test.txt.enc
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>or
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>openssl aes-256-cbc -in test.txt -out test.txt.enc
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>This is only as strong as your passphrase.  Using something like GPG has
>other advantages since the private key can be kept in a separate location
>from the encrypted file.
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>         ---Mike
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