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Encrypted file using image steganography
#!/bin/bash
# Author: jamie.paton@googlmail.com
# COMMANDS
# create: Args: <path to image file> <path to plain file>
# Encrypts a file using the GPG utility, then zips it up and embeds
# it into the image file
# open: Args: <path to image file created by this script>
# Extracts the file out of the image file using zip, then decrypts it
set -e
E_BADARGS=65
STORE_DIR=/tmp
if [ $# -lt 1 ]
then
echo "Usage: `basename $0` <open|close> [args]"
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ $1 == "create" ]
then
EXPECTED_ARGS=3
if [ $# -ne $EXPECTED_ARGS ]
then
echo "Usage: `basename $0` create <path to image> <path to file>"
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ ! -f $2 ]
then
echo "${2} does not exist"
exit 1
elif [ ! -f $3 ]
then
echo "${3} does not exist"
exit 1
fi
outfile=$(basename $3).asc
imgname=$(basename $2)
ret=$(file $2 | grep -qi "image"; echo $?)
if [ $ret -ne 0 ]
then
echo "${2} is not a image file" && exit 1
fi
randzip=$RANDOM
gpg -aci -o $STORE_DIR/$outfile $3
cd $STORE_DIR
zip $randzip.zip $outfile
cd -
rm -f $outfile
cat $2 $STORE_DIR/$randzip.zip >> $STORE_DIR/"new-${imgname}"
rm -f $STORE_DIR/$randzip.zip
echo
echo "Present delivered at ${STORE_DIR}/new-${imgname}"
echo
elif [ $1 == "open" ]
then
if [ ! -f $2 ]
then
echo "${2} does not exist"
exit 1
else
unzip -d $STORE_DIR $2 || true
file=$(find $STORE_DIR/ -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "*.asc" -or -name "*.gpg" \))
if [ -z $file ]
then
echo "Cannot find the unzipped file"
exit 1
else
echo "Opening ${file}"
gpg $file
fi
fi
else
echo "Unknown operation: ${1}"
exit 1
fi
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