Check out the crypt tool. Do a "man crypt" to see the options. Crypt should be included with any distribution of Linux (also on Solaris).
-Michael On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:46:08 -0400, Mike Tancsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:48 PM 22/10/2004, Ali Campbell wrote: > >I need a Linux utility which I can use to encrypt a single gzipped file > >via the command line. Obviously something open source would be preferable. > >I'm not really interested in setting up a whole suite of stuff with > >keyfiles and so on, and I don't need a public/private key setup, just > >something quick and dirty with a single secret key for encryption and > >decryption which is nevertheless reasonably strong. > > Whats wrong with openssl ? > > openssl des3 -in test.txt -out test.txt.enc > > or > > openssl aes-256-cbc -in test.txt -out test.txt.enc > > This is only as strong as your passphrase. Using something like GPG has > other advantages since the private key can be kept in a separate location > from the encrypted file. > > > ---Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
