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Simple text encryption/decryption with openssl
echo -n "That's the text"|openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -a
Encrypt with interactive password. Encrypted message is base64-encoded afterwards.
echo -n "That's the text"|openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -a -k "MySuperPassword"
Encrypt with specified password. Encrypted message is base64-encoded afterwards.
echo "GVkYiq1b4M/8ZansBC3Jwx/UtGZzlxJPpygyC"|openssl base64 -d|openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc
Base-64 decode and decrypt message with interactive password.
echo "GVkYiq1b4M/8ZansBC3Jwx/UtGZzlxJPpygyC"|openssl base64 -d|openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -k "MySuperPassword"
Base-64 decode and decrypt message with specified password.
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