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From: michael4447 at gmail.com (Michael Rutledge)
Subject: Q: Linux Command Line Encryption

Check out the crypt tool.  Do a "man crypt" to see the options.  Crypt
should be included with any distribution of Linux (also on Solaris).

-Michael

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:46:08 -0400, Mike Tancsa <mike@...tex.net> wrote:
> At 01:48 PM 22/10/2004, Ali Campbell wrote:
> >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.
> 
> Whats wrong with openssl ?
> 
> openssl des3 -in test.txt -out test.txt.enc
> 
> or
> 
> openssl aes-256-cbc -in test.txt -out test.txt.enc
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
>          ---Mike 
> 
> 
> 
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