aes-command-line

This is simple command line scripts for file encryption/decryption.

It is just two tiny shell scripts, that call openssl enc using symmetric cipher AES-256 in CBC mode.

Usage

# aes-encrypt <file>

• encrypts file using aes-256-cbc with salt
• write the result to .aes in the same directory
• delete original file

# aes-encrypt <file>.aes

• decrypts file encrypted with aes-encrypt
• write the result to (without aes extension) in the same directory
• delete encrypted file

Installation

run "sh install.sh"

• will copy scripts as "aes-encrypt" and "aes-decrypt" to /usr/local/bin
• use DESTDIR environment variable for other locations
• To install to your home directory bin use

DESTDIR=~ sh install.sh

Tests

• Uses OpenSSL, as secure as aes-256-cbc
• Works on Mac