Sharing encrypted data via termbin.com with only netcat and OpenSSL

termbin-encrypted-data.md

Single file

Source

• cat /foo/bar/file.txt | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -base64 | nc termbin.com 9999
• Enter password twice (quickly), note termbin.com URL

Destination

• curl -s http://termbin.com/{id} | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -base64 -d > file.txt

Entire directory

Source

• tar -cz /foo/bar/project | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -base64 | nc termbin.com 9999
• Enter password twice (quickly), note termbin.com URL

Destination

• curl -s http://termbin.com/{id} | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -base64 -d | tar -xz
• Payload will be extracted to project directory