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@vlucas
vlucas / encryption.js
Last active April 2, 2024 14:26
Stronger Encryption and Decryption in Node.js
'use strict';
const crypto = require('crypto');
const ENCRYPTION_KEY = process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY; // Must be 256 bits (32 characters)
const IV_LENGTH = 16; // For AES, this is always 16
function encrypt(text) {
let iv = crypto.randomBytes(IV_LENGTH);
let cipher = crypto.createCipheriv('aes-256-cbc', Buffer.from(ENCRYPTION_KEY), iv);
@GuillermoPena
GuillermoPena / nodeJs.crypto.calculatingHash.js
Created February 26, 2014 16:30
NodeJS - CRYPTO : How to calculate a hash from file or string
var crypto = require('crypto')
, fs = require('fs')
// Algorithm depends on availability of OpenSSL on platform
// Another algorithms: 'sha1', 'md5', 'sha256', 'sha512' ...
var algorithm = 'sha1'
, shasum = crypto.createHash(algorithm)
// Updating shasum with file content
var filename = __dirname + "/anything.txt"
@faisalman
faisalman / baseConverter.js
Last active January 11, 2023 14:43
Convert From/To Binary/Decimal/Hexadecimal in JavaScript
/**
* Convert From/To Binary/Decimal/Hexadecimal in JavaScript
* https://gist.github.com/faisalman
*
* Copyright 2012-2015, Faisalman <fyzlman@gmail.com>
* Licensed under The MIT License
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license
*/
(function(){