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how to encrypt data on 10.10

Asked by Phil Norisez

Want a pgp-based command line or gnome utility to encrypt/decrypt a single file's contents. Would like a solution that also has a Windows version. Something similar to the unix crypt command would be acceptable.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

cat unencrypted-file | openssl ALGORITHM > encrypted-file.enc
cat encrypted-file.enc | openssl -d ALGORITHM > unencrypted-file

A list of algorithms can be obtained by typing openssl.

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Phil Norisez (norisezp) said : 		#2

openssl does not like the -d option

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Phil Norisez (norisezp) said : 		#3

Correction: had to put ALGORITHM before -d
cat file.enc | openssl ALGORITHM -d >file