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Use openSSL to simply encrypt a file
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encrypt-decrypt.bash
# snippet from http://www.madboa.com/geek/openssl/#encrypt-simple
# encrypt file.txt to file.enc using 256-bit AES in CBC mode
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc
To decrypt file.enc you or the file’s recipient will need to remember the cipher and the passphrase.
# decrypt binary file.enc
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in file.enc
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