Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:23:01 +0100 From: Mathias Menzel-Nielsen <matze@matzsoft.de> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: blowfish stream encryption (bdes equivalent) Message-ID: <43D2B445.8080205@matzsoft.de> In-Reply-To: <20060121214944.GC85143@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <43D29CCD.1080701@matzsoft.de> <20060121214944.GC85143@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 09:42:53PM +0100, Mathias Menzel-Nielsen wrote: > > >>Hi >> >>I would like to encrpt a stream (a backup which is sent to tape) on the fly. >> >>I found the bdes(1) tool -- but it uses DES only. >> >>Is there any equivalent tool for a stronger algo? >> >>I dont want to create a disk(-image) with gdbe... >> >> > >openssl(1) > >Kris > > I didn't know openssl could be used from cli so easily, actually the man page isn't very detailed. (Not a word about decryption with -d) however i found this hints now: http://www.madboa.com/geek/openssl/#encrypt-simple So thanks a lot.
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